In the early morning of September 16, newsboys carrying big bags were shouting loudly on the streets of Jiangcheng.
The streets of Jiangcheng, located in the center of the Central China Defense War, were originally a bit deserted. Even if someone walked by, their faces were full of worry!
The dark cloud of war has enveloped this largest city in six provinces of central China as early as the end of May.
Today's Jiangcheng no longer has the bustling crowds and bustling scenes it had a few months ago.
Countless refugees who fled from the south of the Yangtze River, as long as they had some mobility, fled further south or southwest. The main military and political departments also moved to mountain cities, important towns in the southwest, as early as two months ago.
Those left behind are basically indigenous people who are unwilling to abandon their homeland.
But under the shouts of the newsboy, many people still gathered around, took out the few coins they had, and bought a fresh newspaper to see the so-called victory in the air battle!
Although people need to eat, they also need spiritual comfort! Otherwise, where is the hope?
"The air battle in North China, 48 to 17!, our Chinese Air Force launched an attack with 60 fighter planes from five aviation groups. At the expense of 17 of our own planes, we shot down and damaged 48 Japanese planes, defeating the Japanese invaders! Haha, good fight.
Ah! Our Chinese Air Force is doing great." A middle-aged man in a suit who was holding the newspaper stood on the street and roared in an almost gloomy voice.
The cold streets gradually began to boil as more and more people cheered loudly!
The victory in the air battle over North China does not seem to have much to do with the war situation in Central China, where nearly a million troops were gathered by China and Japan to fight, but for China, which was constantly losing wars at this time, especially for the people in the important towns in Central China that were deeply involved in the war.
, but it’s like being given a shot in the arm!
That means that China has not completely lost air supremacy. The hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground may not be able to get much help from the air. At least they don't have to worry about threats from the air every day. The Japanese army can no longer come to Jiangcheng from time to time like they did in the past few days.
Throw bombs and make the people living there feel precarious!
This is what victory news does!
"Okay! Brother, take me to Dadongmen. I'll pay double the fare today!" The middle-aged man in a suit folded the newspaper and put it in his pocket, and got on a rickshaw excitedly.
"Hey! Master, tell me whether this is true or not. Is it a fake news created by the higher-ups to trick ordinary people like us?"
Perhaps because of the news of the victory, or the fact that one trip was worth two trips, the rickshaw driver was also excited to pull up the rickshaw and start jogging. However, after enduring it again and again, he still couldn't help but wonder in his heart.
The news of this victory is really too shocking. I won’t say when China had so many fighter planes. The key is that one guy killed 48 Japanese fighter jets. This is probably the number of fighters in the past six months!
Even if the rickshaw driver doesn't have much experience, he still finds this a bit too scary.
"Hey, brother, what about those people up here! They like to report good news but not bad news, and they also like to make some false records to deceive people, but have you ever heard of anyone who dares to report such a big fake record? Two days ago, General Xue led his army in
The Japanese invaders fought bloody battles in Wanjialing and severely damaged the Japanese 106th Division. The newspaper did not dare to say that the division was completely wiped out, but only said that more than 10,000 enemies were wiped out!" The middle-aged man in a good mood explained with a smile.
"Master, when you say this, I feel much more at ease. Eight or nine members of my family, young and old, are all in Jiangcheng and have nowhere to run. I can only hope that the national army will win this battle." The smile on the rickshaw driver's face
It's brighter and my steps feel a lot lighter.
"Don't worry, we China will definitely win!" The middle-aged man, looking towards the sky, nodded with certainty.
His nephew, the eagle soaring in the sky, should be returning triumphantly with his comrades at this moment!
As an employee of the Imperial Bank where the sun never sets, he didn't even go to work at this time. He just rushed to announce the good news to his brother and sister-in-law. His intuition told him that the nephew who had disappeared for two months must be responsible.
The middle-aged man with keen intuition may not have expected that tonight, an even more exciting piece of good news will hit Jiangcheng, which is at the center of the battle, and make the whole Jiangcheng completely boiling.
Victory belongs to China, but sorrow is left to his family!
In the battle of Jindong in North China, the second theater defeated the 18th Division, the 20th Division and the first part of the 5th Division, defeated the 21st Division and completely wiped out the 39th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division!
Yes, Tang Dao did not break his promise and did not let the nearly 7,000 people of the 39th Infantry Brigade in the encirclement see the sun on the 16th!
Not only the two infantry battalions, 6 infantry companies and 2 fire support companies of the Fourth Line Regiment were all on the battlefield, the Third Battalion responsible for defending Niangziguan also transferred Li Jijin's Seventh Company overnight to participate in the battle. The security company of the Secret Service Battalion directly under the headquarters of the Fourth Line Regiment
Two companies, including the engineer company and the baggage battalion, also entered the battlefield around 10 p.m.!
The artillery battalion, in addition to the mountain artillery company and the heavy force company, continued to provide fire support to the frontline troops with heavy firepower. The air defense company all withdrew from the air defense positions and accompanied the infantry to advance. The 20mm machine gun and 7mm heavy machine gun fired flat fire at the Japanese defense fortifications.
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A 20mm machine gun can shoot flatly and can penetrate 17mm armored steel plates at a distance of 500 meters. In just one day, no matter how excellent the civil engineering works are, how can the Japanese army build an artificial bunker that can protect against such artillery?
Moreover, the number of such machine guns will be close to 30 when the four-line regiment is dispatched, not to mention nearly 60 7mm heavy machine guns. Two of them form a cross-fire group. Not to mention the Japanese infantry, even the 89 tanks will need it.
Crying after being beaten!
This was all the strength that the Four Elements Regiment did not use when facing the aggressive offensive of the 21st Division, but they actually used it all this night.
Lei Xiong personally led Zhao Daqiang's company to penetrate nearly 1,000 meters into the 39th Infantry Brigade position and establish a forward position. In order to facilitate the call for artillery support from the artillery battalion, he brought the most advanced American wireless communicator and directly communicated with the artillery battalion's personnel.
Make one-line contact with Pangdahai!
That should be the first typical battle in the Asian battlefield where the infantry company level directly called for artillery support. The Japanese army, which was completely divided and surrounded, could not form a complete command system at all, and could only watch one position after another being forced to roll call by mountain artillery and large-caliber guns.
After shelling, a large number of Chinese soldiers swarmed up and beat the infantry in the trenches that had been stunned by the bombs into bloody gourds on the ground!
The tactics of the 17th Division were slightly different from those of the Four Lines Regiment on the right. They sent a total of 3 infantry regiments with nearly 5,000 people to counterattack the Japanese invaders. Each regiment was responsible for three highlands defended by the Japanese army.
That is also the key defense direction of the 39th Infantry Brigade. There are a total of 9 infantry squadrons with nearly 1,400 troops. In terms of strength, they are at an absolute disadvantage.
No, it should be said that it is also in terms of firepower!
The 17th Division concentrated all its artillery to provide artillery support to the three infantry regiments. The Fourth Infantry Regiment also assigned 4 Bofors Mountain artillery squads and 4 150 heavy force squads to provide fire support, while the 39th Infantry Brigade was in
In one afternoon's artillery battle, 70% of the artillery in his artillery regiment was lost!
The military order received by the three infantry regiments of the 17th Division was to attack at all costs. From dusk to 11 o'clock in the night, the three infantry regiments launched more than 6 rounds of infantry attacks, locking the main force of the Japanese army close to the two infantry brigades.
Not to mention the battlefield on the left wing, Li Dengxing knew clearly that this was just drinking poison to quench his thirst, but he still dispatched nearly 1,000 second-line troops such as baggage troops, engineers, and medical troops to support the left wing under the desperate call of his subordinates.
This also caused the reserve force in its hands to be reduced to less than 1,500 people, which was unable to cope with the interception of the small mobile troops of the Fourth Army that crossed the battlefield at the platoon level. The entire right wing defense line was completely shattered by 9 p.m.!
In the end, I could only watch in despair as the Si Xing Regiment once again sent out three infantry companies with nearly a thousand men, and with the support of artillery fire, they swallowed up the defenders on the divided hills and valleys one by one.
And what is Tang Tuanzuo who is on the front line doing?
After leading a guard platoon into the gap and ambushing three Japanese squads that were marching in the mountains to reinforce their own positions, Tang Dao did not go deep alone again. Instead, he appointed Yang Xiaoshan, who had been following him, to lead a guard platoon to respond to the search.
Gu Xishui's team, which was the remains of our own air force, returned to the main position with Xia Dayu and five guards.
Pulling Deng Guihai, who was a little confused, the two got into the Type 89 tank that had been parked there!
"Tonight, I will be your driver. Just fire and let me see the strength of elite gunners!" Tang Dao patted the army sergeant roughly on the shoulder.
"I'll be the observer!" Xia Dayu, full of excitement, also got into the tank.
"I'll be the ammunition hand and machine gunner!" the reconnaissance company leader said with a dark face and a helpless look on his face.
Originally, the security company was responsible for the safety of Tang Tuanzuo, but Yang Xiaoshan was sent to the battlefield to perform tasks under the command of Tang Tuanzuo. Naturally, the task of protecting the safety of the regimental commander could only be left to him, the commander of the reconnaissance company.
It was stipulated by the regiment headquarters that if there was no one in the reconnaissance company, it would be the cavalry battalion's turn!
But to be honest, facing my regimental commander who goes to the front line even if he disagrees with me, whoever takes this job will have a headache. No, the regiment finally returned to the main position, but something went wrong again and he wanted to play.
What a tank!
This thing looks very strong with steel plate protection, and it can't be used with any bullets. But this thing is too bulky, and it's so dark outside that you can't see anything clearly. If it's targeted by infantry, it can happen if you're not careful.
Iron coffin!
Many veterans in the reconnaissance company have experience against this kind of iron turtle. They hide in the dark corners of the trench and quietly stuff an explosive pack. Even if the explosion cannot penetrate the tank, it can completely disable the tank's maneuverability. Just rely on two explosives.
A heavy machine gun and a short-barreled cannon cannot guarantee absolute safety.
"Haha, don't worry, Old Hei, there are two reconnaissance squads accompanying you outside! Let the little devils have a taste of the power of their tank guns today!" Tang Dao laughed and started the 89 tank.
This 89 tank captured from the 21st Division did not have a new painting due to time constraints. It only used white dye to draw a white five-pointed star on the turret outside the original red sun, and this was circulated to the entire regiment.
This is also to avoid being accidentally injured by our own officers and soldiers. It is not that we are afraid of infantry coming over to throw explosive packets and Molotov cocktails. Nowadays, each infantry battalion of the Fourth Line Regiment is equipped with a 20mm machine gun. What if such a round is fired from a few hundred meters away?
Tang Tuanzuo has to kneel down even if he has steel and iron bones!
The officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment knew that the 89 tank with the red sun inside and white stars on the outside of the turret was theirs, but that didn't mean the Japanese knew that.
The 21st Division didn't even tell the 39th Infantry Brigade that it was running away, so why did it send a special telegram saying that all the tanks had been captured?
Therefore, when the 89 tank appeared in front of the Japanese position at a mountain pass for the first time and rumbled towards the position, the Japanese infantrymen were confused.
Are the idiots in the tank squadron confused by the Chinese? Why are they still roaring towards their own position? Also, what do you mean by lowering the muzzle and leveling it?
It wasn't until the 57mm short-barreled gun blasted a heavy machine gun bunker that was firing desperately into pieces that the Japanese infantry realized that this was a Chinese tank!
The strange machine gun and the 38-meter cover desperately greeted the 89 tank, which was already less than a hundred meters away, but obviously, it had no effect.
The level of Japanese military industry is average, but it will never be able to build a tank that can be penetrated by machine rifle bullets!
If it were in its heyday, the 39th Infantry Brigade would still be equipped with a 37mm rapid-fire cannon to deal with this steel behemoth, but now, there really is no such thing!
Under the crazy bombardment of the Chinese, there were not even a few 92 infantry guns left! Even if there were, the infantry squadron-level position in front of us was not equipped. The only heavy firepower was almost all transferred by Li Dengxing.
The left battlefield faced a fierce attack by three infantry regiments of the 17th Division.
Therefore, the Japanese army with only light weapons on the battlefield could only use machine guns and rifles in vain to deal with the steel behemoth that was spitting out artillery fire and rain of bullets, and watched in despair as it got closer and closer, and then the infantry following behind began to throw
Grenade, the damage caused by the rain of grenade bullets falling into the trench is even more terrible than the 150 heavy force!
Although there is no solution for the large 150-weight artillery shells that can level nearly a thousand square meters with air waves, after all, the chance of falling into the trench is extremely low. As long as you keep your body as low as possible and have good luck, you can still save your life.
But the chance of a grenade falling into a trench can be as high as 20 to 30%, and you can't avoid it no matter how hard you try!
The Japanese army is also tenacious enough. Some Japanese soldiers use their sharp hands and eyes to quickly pick up the grenades thrown at their feet and quickly throw them away. Others dropped two or three grenades in a row at a glance. They are not Nezha with three heads and six arms.
He gritted his teeth and pounced on the grenade, using himself as a human shield to protect his colleagues.
Don't tell me, it's quite touching. Seeing my colleagues being riddled with grenades, their whole bodies flew up one meter. The Japanese infantrymen screamed, opened the bayonets on their guns, jumped out of the trenches, and planned to carry out the attack.
The final heroic fight!
But this time, what greeted them was not the same sharp bayonet!
Instead, it is a nearly 20-ton steel behemoth!
"Fight with me on the bayonet? That's great!" Tang Dao's eyebrows were ferocious at the corners of his eyes!
Stepping on the accelerator, the 89 tank engine roared loudly. The tank was accelerated to 40 yards on the mountainous terrain, and it rammed fiercely towards the Japanese infantry who were trying to fight to the death.
Thus, the most brutal scene on the battlefield occurred.
Even though most of the elite members of the reconnaissance company have experienced the meat-grinder-like battlefield of Songhu, they have seen many scenes of flesh and blood mold lakes, and they have even experienced the fear of flying severed limbs and debris hitting their bodies during the battle, but more than 15
After the war, the soldiers still couldn't eat for two days in a row, especially the lack of meat.
In the exact words of a corporal of the reconnaissance company: "Don't say I'm not strong enough. It's because you didn't see the scene at that time. We are all farmers. We have all seen the stone roller in the rice field! Just think about it.
If the roller is ten times bigger, and a person is crushed on it, what will it look like in the end?"
"Then it can't be turned into a piece of paper?" Someone thought carefully and said with certainty.
"Paper?" the corporal curled his lips disdainfully.
"So you can't think of it just by thinking about it. Let me tell you this! A person has become a piece of skin, just like paper, but the internal organs in a person's stomach will squirt out due to squeezing. Squirt out.
It must have been seven or eight meters away!" the corporal squinted his eyes and recalled. "It was then that I realized that a person's kidneys look like that, like a big soybean, and that liver! It's like a pig's liver.
Not quite the same.”
"The key is, there is still the sound of someone being crushed, Peng! It's just like the cannon we fired during the Chinese New Year! It's still a barrage of fire! Really, the little devil is not afraid of death, but if you want to die, don't play with the tank in the group.
Fight with a bayonet!
Old Ming from Class 3 knows this, right? It was Ming Yueye who chopped off the heads of three little Japs with a machete and charged with a Japanese captain's head hanging from his waist. Is it fierce or not?
He was closest to the tank at the time. The guy's head and face were covered with blood, and there were several lumps of meat hanging on his body. He vomited on the spot, including gall water!
He was so smelly that I didn't dare to get close to him for most of the night! Even when we were celebrating victory, I didn't dare to hug him, and even now I don't even pay attention to him when I see him."
"Why is it so smelly?" Some soldiers asked blankly.
"Where do you think human feces will be stored?" the corporal asked with a sideways glance. "By the way, do you want to know how long it took to wash the regimental tank before it became odorless? That thing smells even worse, and there are those cracks,
It’s all big fat meat!”
"Ugh~~~Brother, stop talking, I'm going to vomit too!" There was a sound of retching all around.
"You little brat, if you dare to mock me for not being able to eat, I will drag you into trouble no matter what! Ugh~~~" the corporal mocked, but he couldn't help but retching from his throat!
As a person who has experienced it personally, it is difficult for him not to return to the battlefield that was a bloody mill that night when he mentioned it again.
The steel behemoth driven by Tang Tuanzuo himself coldly and mercilessly crushed the Japanese infantrymen who were rushing over, carving a bloody path!
The infantrymen who followed closely behind used automatic firearms to mow down the remaining Japanese infantrymen who tried to make a last-ditch effort with bayonets, and shot them all to death in the mountains.
A small hill position garrisoned by nearly 150 Japanese troops was captured in just 5 minutes. All the defenders were wiped out, while the casualties of our own infantry were in single digits!
And this is just a small test of Tang Tuanzuo's skills as a tank driver in the mountain attack battle!
What really made Tang Tuanzuo and Second Lieutenant Deng Guihai, who was promoted to the first tank platoon leader of the Four Lines Regiment after the war, famous was the battle with the Japanese army's five Type 94 tanks and three Type 89 tanks, which belonged to the Steel Giant.
Beast fighting encounter.
That was also the first tank battle on the Taihang Mountain battlefield!
The 89 tank named 001 Taihang after the war, 1 versus 8!
