The Battle of Shunwangping, in which China and Japan invested more than 50,000 people, ended around 3 p.m.
As for how far the Kunisaki detachment fought in this battle, even the Japanese army themselves may not be able to stand it.
After the Battle of Nakajoyama, Okuma Konosuke confronted Itagaki Shiro with the exact words he said when he refused to fight back: "Are you saying that our West Bulge detachment has done nothing in the war zone? Then if you say that Lieutenant General Itagaki's so-called actions are to throw away thousands of imperial officers and soldiers.
The lives of the people of the empire and the sophisticated equipment provided by the people of the empire who scrimped on food and clothing, and the Chinese people on the opposite side blasted firecrackers as if they were celebrating the New Year in advance. Then, we, Daxiong Yuxinosuke, the West Tuo Detachment and even the entire 4th Division would rather bear this crime, please.
His Majesty the Emperor punishes us."
Shiro Itagaki, who had a sinister face, almost sprayed the fat man in front of him with a mouthful of old blood.
This is not adding salt to a wound, it can be called another stab in the wound.
If there is a ranking in the world of rarities, Kunizaki Kusuga, who used the top spies of the Imperial Intelligence Division and squatted in the mountains of China for two days with great ambition, is definitely the leader in the world of rarities.
How broken is it?
The Chinese used deceptive tactics to induce Kunizaki to make a wrong judgment and order more than 2,600 people to rush into Heilonggou, resulting in more than 2,600 imperial officers and soldiers to be loyal to the empire. This is fine.
The 5th Division has more than 40,000 troops and can afford the battle losses of more than 2,000 men!
The Chinese boldly used roundabout tactics to send out elite infantry to attack the mountain artillery brigade position in one fell swoop, killing a total of 16 Type 41 mountain artillery pieces. This did not matter.
It's a war! Who doesn't suffer some losses? If a mere loss of personnel and equipment can make the commander lose his fighting spirit, then what is the name of the Congolese Army?
The original intention of the Congolese army is 'Better to bend than to bend! Move forward firmly!' This is what the 5th Division that entered the Chinese battlefield has always done.
Even though on the Xinkou battlefield, the crazy commander of China's 2nd theater pulled out 10 artillery regiments at one go, and more than 300 large and small caliber artillery gave the 5th division a painful blow, the final winner was still the first.
The 5th Division?
However, after suffering a series of blows, the Kunisaki detachment suddenly collapsed.
The retreat was so fast that even the Japanese army themselves could hardly have imagined it, not to mention Leng Feng who was leading his troops to the battlefield in Hexi Village.
You have to say that although Colonel Oshima Masayoshi, who is on the front line, made irreparable mistakes and lost troops, he has recovered from the painful blow and is personally commanding an infantry brigade to besiege the four lines on the left high ground of Hexi Village.
Regiment 1, and there are more than a thousand people risking their lives to seize the high ground. In addition, reinforcements from two full infantry brigades are about to arrive.
The total combat strength of nearly 5,000 was enough to prevent the Japanese troops in the direction of Hexi Village and the Leng Feng Department who had already taken advantage of the situation from continuing to expand their results.
In other words, at 12 noon, even if the Kunisaki detachment missed a move first, it was not completely defeated. Even if the artillery battalion led by Pang Panghai personally added 6 Bofors Mountain Cannons to the battlefield, it would not be possible to defeat them.
of defeat.
And if the war goes forward, there is a high probability that the two sides will fight fiercely in this mountainous area until dark. The Four Lines Group will win during the day, but it will also suffer certain losses.
For example, the Tang Li tribe, which was surrounded by the Japanese army, would suffer heavy losses. This was already within Leng Feng's calculations.
After all, if the Japanese army wants to regain its position, the two infantry companies surrounded on the high ground are the best punching bag.
With the arrival of two infantry brigades, 3000VS600, even if there are 6 Bofors Mountain Cannons, 6 150 mortars and several 80mm howitzers in the Panghai Sea to provide fire support, I am afraid that there are only two infantrymen in simple positions.
The company will also lose one-third.
But the battlefield situation is changing so rapidly!
In the simplest and most direct way, 50 Japanese artillerymen were forced to control 6 mountain guns to bombard the Japanese 105 howitzer position. In fact, veteran Youzi still felt a little guilty.
After all, it was a 105-caliber heavy artillery, and a shell weighed 20 kilograms. When one shell fell, it turned into a sea of fire for hundreds of meters. He was trying to touch the tiger's butt.
But that was his responsibility. If the Japanese artillery position was not contained and the artillery shells fell on the ridge, the losses of the Fourth Army Regiment would be even greater.
So, he personally led an infantry platoon to guard the artillery position, using his gun to 'supervise' the Japanese prisoners to fire at the Japanese 105 howitzer position on the captured map coordinates, while the rest of the infantry dragged another 6 mountain guns to hide
It is in the mountains and forests 800 meters away from here.
Veteran Youzi's idea at the time was very simple. The Japanese howitzers could at most kill him and an infantry platoon in retaliation. Compared with the 105 howitzers that concentrated fire on other positions, the losses would be much smaller.
As for the 7th and 8th companies, not only the main forces of the 7th and 8th companies were saved, they might also be able to bring back 6 75mm mountain guns, which would not be a loss no matter what.
Although this algorithm is cruel and can kill an army captain and 80 soldiers in an instant, this is the battlefield. Every calculation as a commander is actually about the consumption of life, even if it involves one's own life.
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After the Japanese 105 howitzer position was bombarded by the "own" artillery position for 10 minutes, they finally reacted. The angry Japanese artillery turned their guns and used the remaining 6 105 howitzers in the general direction of the artillery position.
Explosive.
In an instant, tens of thousands of square meters of forest turned into a sea of flames, and the entire mountain trembled under the power of the 105 howitzer.
If the Japanese Mountain Artillery Battalion hadn't chosen a good location, which was right on the opposite slope from the direction of the Japanese 105 howitzer, and a hill helped block the shells, without ten rounds of saturation volleys, everyone on the artillery position would probably have been on the 5th.
It turned into ashes in six rounds.
Even so, facing the blazing artillery fire so close at hand, more than 100 Chinese and Japanese soldiers on the position were sweating profusely in the winter, including Captain Li Dal, who was hiding behind a huge rock. He was really frightened.
But this did not stop the Japanese prisoners from continuing to fire, because they would be killed if the shells fell, but if they did not fire, they would not survive until the shells fell.
The Chinese soldiers holding submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles are more simple and direct at this moment, 'Those who do not carry out military orders will be killed!' One will die immediately and the other will die later. Even fools know how to choose.
After all, whether the cannonball will fall on top of his head is still a matter of the future.
Besides, the 105mm howitzer can kill people, but the 75cm mountain gun can't kill people? A 6-kilogram grenade can kill both humans and animals in one shot! If one shot doesn't work, then use a few more shots.
Anyway, the Japanese artillery prisoners, who were desperate to survive, were willing to take the risk. Not only did they load the shells twice as fast as before, they even began to actively adjust the muzzles of the guns, striving to kill the heavy shells on the opposite side before they hit them.
other side.
It’s still the old saying: A dead Taoist friend will never die a poor Taoist! Even those colleagues may have had dinner together and talked about the gorgeous cherry blossoms in their hometown.
Up to this point, everything was pretty normal, even if the Japanese artillery prisoners were mobilized to take initiative under the huge threat of death.
In the next 20 minutes, the building started to crumble.
His Excellency Major General Kunizaki Masaru was going crazy when he learned that his mountain artillery brigade was captured by the Chinese surprise troops.
The news didn't even come from the mountain artillery brigade, but came from the inquiry from the howitzer position, saying that they had been attacked by the Imperial Type 41 mountain artillery, and through observation, the trajectory of the artillery shells came from the direction of the mountain artillery brigade position.
At first, Kunizaki Zheng was still a little unbelievable, but after repeatedly calling and telegraphing the mountain artillery brigade and getting no response, he had to accept this result.
Then, the overstimulated major general commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Division made a jaw-dropping decision.
He wanted to personally lead his troops to recapture the mountain artillery brigade's positions and mountain artillery, and annihilate the small number of Chinese elites who dared to break away from the main force.
First of all, this is a veteran soldier's judgment of the battlefield situation. Since it is a roundabout attack, there will definitely not be many troops. There is no infantry garrison at the mountain artillery brigade at this time. As long as there are more than 100 elite infantry, they will be unable to parry.
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Secondly, Major General Kunizaki Masaru has enough experience when it comes to attacks on artillery positions. In the last battle of Mouse Mountain, an artillery position under his command was blown up by the Chinese in this way.
It's just that Kunizaki Zheng never dreamed that the Chinese would become addicted to this trick, and would repeat the exact same trick over and over again.
Yes, the Chinese won the first half, but the Chinese still underestimated his power.
Although the current brigade headquarters no longer has an infantry brigade, it still has a directly affiliated security squadron and nearly 1,500 engineers, baggage troops and cavalry.
No matter how powerful a group of elite Chinese infantry without heavy fire cover is, they will be doomed if they are surrounded by heavy troops.
Therefore, regardless of the desperate obstruction of the brigade chief of staff, Major General Kunizaki Zheng, who gave him a slap in the face, personally led the three infantry squadrons of the escort squadron and the three temporary infantry squadrons composed of cavalry, baggage soldiers, and engineers.
More than 800 people set out.
Go straight to the mountain artillery brigade position 2,000 meters away from the brigade headquarters.
If nothing unexpected happens, when this Japanese "motley crew" of more than 800 soldiers collides with two elite infantry companies of the Fourth Army Regiment, it will definitely be a collision like Mars hitting the Earth.
In terms of equipment and soldier quality, the 600-person infantry company of the Fourth Line Regiment definitely exceeds the 800 Japanese troops. However, the Japanese army has its own top commander to personally lead the morale of the army. In addition, it can also call in 105 howitzers for fire support, which also has its own advantages.
The two sides, who have not yet figured out the strength of the other party, may be destined for a tragic encounter!
It’s a pity that God’s will plays tricks on people!
The angry Major General Kunizaki Sei encountered an extremely "clumsy" bombardment before he could see the shadow of the Chinese.
The reason why it is called "clumsy" is because the bombardment was purely led by a group of infantrymen who had never touched a mountain cannon, and was completed by a group of mortarmen.
The first people to discover the presence of the Japanese army were young people from mountain villages who were eager to make meritorious deeds and join the Four-Hong Group.
Adong took three soldiers from Squad 4 as scouts and lay down on the top of the mountain to observe. Unexpectedly, he discovered that there were a large number of Japanese troops active in the forest opposite.
A veteran immediately determined that this group of Japanese light infantry, who preferred to cross mountains and ridges instead of taking mountain roads, were coming to attack the artillery positions that were already under fire.
Adong was the most familiar with this terrain and was a fast runner. He quickly passed the veteran's judgment to Tu Yunsheng and reported it to Qin Wulang, who was the deputy commander of the 8th company at the time.
Qin Wulang was originally a soldier of Zhao Daqiang. He made great achievements in the battle of Laojinkeng and was promoted from sergeant squad leader to second lieutenant and became a platoon leader. However, Zhao Daqiang's infantry company had no place for the time being, and he could not wrong this veteran. It happened that the Sihang Battalion was expanded to
In the Four Lines Regiment, faced with the actual job of second lieutenant and platoon leader given by Leng Feng, Zhao Daqiang could not keep anyone else no matter how reluctant he was to give up.
So Qin Wulang came to the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion as a platoon leader, and after the Battle of Jindong, he was promoted to Army Lieutenant Soldier, served as the deputy commander of the 8th Company, and became the No. 2 military officer of the 8th Company.
Because the captain of the 8th company contracted tuberculosis in mid-December and was weak and needed to rest, Qin Wulang led the 8th company to the expedition as deputy company commander.
It's just right, otherwise Li Jiujin would not be able to decide all the tactics in this joint operation of the 7th and 8th companies.
But as Li Jijin personally led an infantry platoon to stay on the Japanese artillery position, Qin Wulang was now the top officer of the two infantry companies.
When he heard the report from the scouts ahead, Qin Wulang instinctively considered how to form a formation to block this group of Japanese light infantry.
"Deputy Company Commander Qin, don't we have artillery? The position that Adong said that the Japanese must pass through is not far from the bottom of our area. Let's blast him first. Even if he misses, he will be scared."
Damn it, let's run away until dark." Tu Yunsheng suggested.
Before Leng Feng left, he specifically explained to Li Jiujin that they were going roundabout and attacking important targets. The most important thing was to take advantage of the complex terrain in the mountains to move around, so that the Japanese army would have to use their strength to defend themselves.
It is used to reduce the pressure on the frontal position instead of fighting the Japanese to the death.
So when he heard that the Japanese troops were coming with thousands of troops, Tu Yunsheng's first instinct was to delay, rather than engage in a direct battle, although he was not afraid.
"What you said makes sense, but we don't have regular artillery. How can we guarantee accurate shooting?" Qin Wulang frowned.
"What's so difficult about this? Just those mortar brothers. Many of them were transferred from the artillery battalion. I don't believe they can't even use mountain artillery. They can't shoot accurately!" Tu Yunsheng
Continue to suggest.
"Okay, then gather them all together, use the six mountain cannons, and blast the Japanese first for as long as it takes!" Qin Wulang thought for a while and agreed to the suggestion of the ace infantry squad leader.
At this time, the lieutenant and sergeant's idea was to scare the Japanese into delaying tactics, and then escape once they received a new mission from the battalion headquarters.
But they never expected that the Japanese army would be personally led by an army major general, otherwise they would definitely reconsider their tactics.
After all, a major general is just talking about it, so why don't you just go up and do it? It's rare for thousands of troops to behead an admiral.
Fortunately, a bunch of "clumsy" artillerymen didn't let go of the big fat meat that was brought to their mouths!
Tu Yunsheng still looked down too high on his brothers who were playing tricks.
Mortar operation and howitzer operation are completely different concepts. As long as the mortar is given enough live ammunition training, an infantryman can become a qualified mortar operator in a month, but howitzers and cannons are different.
This is a real technical force that requires rigorous study and sufficient training.
An artillery school was established a few months ago in the artillery battalion of Pangdahai. As long as it is not a day of combat or live ammunition training, artillery officers will be organized to give lectures to fill in various fields for the gang of old men who have been transferred from infantry to artillery.
Artillery-like knowledge.
Therefore, although artillerymen do not have to risk their lives on the front line like infantrymen, I don’t know how many artillerymen want to return to the ranks of frontline infantrymen. Learning is painful for many people, not to mention a bunch of people who can’t read big words.
What about the rural people!
The artillerymen who were accustomed to playing "little cannons" probably had their heads buzzing the moment they received the military order and looked at these iron lumps.
What they were worried about was not that they would miss the mark and waste the shells, but that they would be careful not to hit their own people on the head.
Or a clever artilleryman came up with an idea. If my brothers can't fire accurately with the parabolic method, why not lower the muzzle of the gun and use it as an infantry cannon?
At least the muzzle of the gun will be aimed in the right direction, and it will never hit one of your own people.
A bunch of old guys did what they were told, and even went to the trouble of pushing and pulling a 650-kilogram mountain cannon to the hillside, just to have a commanding view of the area mentioned by the superiors.
Good guys, I'm afraid these guys are the ones who treat howitzers as direct-aimed cannons and reduce the range from several thousand meters to one thousand meters without having any confidence in hitting.
But these old guys still have a bit of shame. In order to ensure the hit rate, they simply set up a mass fire, that is, everyone fires at the same time. If the accuracy is not enough, we use the power to make up for it. Anyway, it is used to scare people.
Six 75-caliber "infantry guns" were lined up in the dense forest. Amidst the almost ferocious roar of a mortar squad leader, they fired!
As expected, it’s crooked!
Six artillery shells passed over the Japanese infantry who were passing through the valley in groups and hit the mountains and forests on the side.
The violent explosion scared all the Japanese infantrymen who were still advancing rapidly.
Then, the biggest surprise occurred in the Battle of Shunwangping.
As the commander, Major General Kunizaki Sei arrived at the front line in person, but this front line was not a direct gun-to-gun front line. No matter what, he still stayed at the rear.
At this time, the Japanese Army Major General was hiding in the forest behind, looking into the distance with a telescope. Before he could see anything, a row of artillery shells came over.
A cannonball seemed to have eyes as it hit an area less than 200 meters away from the Japanese Army Major General.
Several Japanese infantrymen were directly blown into flying trapezes.
"Baga! The Chinese have cannons! Be careful to avoid them!" Kunizaki Masato just yelled in fright.
The sergeant squad leader of the Fourth Army Regiment over there also cursed angrily, "Damn, it's wrong! Load the bullet and come again!"
Then this round, it went wrong again.
But for the poor Japanese Army Major General, it was disastrous.
The Chinese artillery's guns seemed to be aimed at him, and three consecutive rounds of artillery bombarded him, which really made people want to die.
"Damn it, how do the Chinese know I'm here?" Some frightened Japanese Army major generals wanted to leave the area.
It's okay if you don't hide, but something will happen if you hide.
A completely accidental row of artillery shells directly hit an area less than 10 meters away from the Japanese Army Major General. The shrapnel was like a knife cutting butter, easily slicing through Kunisaki Masaru's fat belly.
The internal organs gushed out from the 20-centimeter-wide wound. The Japanese military medics tried to stuff it back in, but they already saw their brigade commander rolling his eyes wildly.
There was no need to wait for the wound to become infected. The massive blood loss in a short period of time had already killed the Japanese Army major general.
The news of the death of Major General Kunisaki Sei made Oshima Masayoshi's mood instantly drop to freezing point. As the second-in-command of the Kunisaki Detachment at this time, if Oshima Masayoshi could still remain calm enough to directly obtain the command of the Kunisaki Detachment, this would
The war could still continue, but he knew that no matter how hard he tried from now on, he could no longer avoid ending up in a military court.
The frustrated Japanese Army colonel actually chose to transfer command to the lieutenant colonel and chief of staff who stayed behind at the brigade headquarters.
The even more panicked Army Lieutenant Colonel chose to withdraw his troops.
Don't chase the enemy. Leng Feng, who was somewhat confused by the Japanese army's showmanship, chose to play it safe and ordered his troops to quickly leave and hide in the mountains.
Before 3 o'clock, the sound of gunfire that echoed through the mountains and forests fell silent.
The powerful Kunisaki detachment lost its major general detachment leader, nearly 4,000 imperial officers and soldiers, 16 artillery pieces, and 4 Type 94 tanks in the battle of Shunwangping. Apart from that, they lost nothing.
In this battle, Leng Feng's troops lost less than a hundred people and suffered more than 200 minor or serious injuries. In terms of battle losses, they were only a tenth of the Japanese!
Not to mention the North China battlefield, even looking at the entire Chinese battlefield and even the world, this can be regarded as a bizarre battle.
It seems that the Kunisaki detachment came here for no other reason than to receive a severe beating!
No one understands!
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ps: I didn’t update yesterday because I had something to do, so today I will send you a 5,600-word chapter!
