"Although the 10th Division has been consumed by our army, the main force is still there. If it wants to run away, we can't stop it even if we want to, especially when its reinforcements are about to arrive!" Tang Dao's eyes said.
Gradually moving from the simple map of the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield to the map of the entire southern Hebei province, I whispered to myself.
Several infantry company commanders did not speak this time, quietly waiting for Tang Tuanzuo's decision.
Tang Dao has been leading them for nearly two years, and his prestige is growing day by day. When he looks calm, even in military meetings, he never forbids anyone from making harmless jokes, but when he concentrates his thoughts on it, no one does.
If you dare to interrupt him easily, your commander's temperament gradually becomes more and more impressive.
"I understand. Yoshio Shinozuka is afraid that the main forces of the Southern Hebei Division will gather in Handan and Xingtai before I appear on the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield, which will discredit the new commander of the North China Front, Duo Tianjun, so he would rather give up the siege.
This is a great opportunity for our troops to leave the battlefield." Tang Dao finally figured out the reason why Shinozuka Yoshio wanted to leave, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"That old devil, Yoshio Shinozuka, really thinks too much. Both cities, Handan and Xingtai, have strong fortifications. Without heavy artillery, even if there is a 20,000-strong army gathered in the southern Hebei division, it will be difficult to conquer such a city unless we are added to it."
The Four Elements Group." Cai Yongguan said carelessly.
"Hey, if we hadn't conquered Shimen in the Jindong counterattack last year, Yoshio Shinozuka would not have thought this way, but as the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years. With the lessons learned from Shimen, the 772nd Regiment will follow
How can Yoshio Shinozuka not be afraid when troops are sent out from the southeast of Shanxi, 400 miles away?" Wei Donglai said with a chuckle.
"Haha, it's a good idea from the East. This is the psychological impact that the two warring parties have on the victor and the loser after a battle in which both parties are determined to win. Every time the victorious party thinks about it, it will gain more courage, while the losing party will start to be timid.
, I am always afraid that I will make the same mistake again." Tang Dao smiled.
"Especially when one side loses consecutively, it can even form a kind of psychological inertia, thinking that it will lose before the fight starts. Although no one will admit this wonderful psychological factor, it actually exists.
Just like one of the reasons why I agreed to the Japanese to let Fujiwara go, he never won in the battle with me. No matter how hard he trained, as long as he dared to appear in front of me again, I would be 100%
Kill him with 95% confidence.
No, I probably still won't kill him. With such a good exchange, I can exchange him for hundreds or even thousands of our captured personnel.
This guy has learned his lesson and never comes to the front line again, which makes me wait for him for a year. Calculating the time, no matter how many bones are broken, they should still grow back!"
Fujiwara Senzuo, who was training rifle shooting hard at the Badaling training ground in Pingbeicheng City, felt a chill in his chest for no reason. He looked around in confusion, and could not help but think of Tang Dao's eyes looking at him full of sarcasm.
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Gritting his teeth, without even wiping the sweat from his forehead, he turned his eyes again to an antelope running wildly in the grass 500 meters away.
Fujiwara Senzuo, who returned to Pingbei City, was fully aware of a problem. The empire's martial arts originated from China. Tang Dao had the foundation of Chinese martial arts and the fighting skills learned on the battlefield. If he expected to defeat him simply by advancing in martial arts.
I don’t know how long it will take for a man who has hundreds of armed guards around him at any time and whose skills are almost the same as or even stronger than his own.
Fortunately, this is an era with the advent of hot weapons. As a martial arts master, he possesses nerve reactions and super muscle control that are difficult for ordinary people to match, allowing him to understand the use of firearms far better than ordinary people.
Therefore, after recovering from his injury, Fujiwara Senzuo, who had the dream of killing Tang Dao, not only continued to work on his body and will, but also devoted more time to archery.
Using the power of the family, he hired an archery instructor from the sergeant school to guide him. He spent up to 6 hours practicing archery every day, accounting for half of his training time.
All the efforts are not in vain. After more than half a year of practice, without using a fixed magnification scope, Fujiwara Senio's shooting range has exceeded the effective range of the 38 rifle, reaching more than 450 meters. If Japan's most advanced
The advanced 4x sight can extend the effective range to 600 meters.
According to the evaluation of the shooting instructor, on the Chinese battlefield, Fujiwara Senzuo has firmly entered the top five among the millions of infantrymen in China and Japan.
Although this evaluation is a bit exaggerated, it is certain that Fujiwara Senzuo has entered the ranks of top shooters.
Just like today, Fujiwara once again challenged his limits and shot an antelope running at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour from 500 meters away. This was even more difficult than shooting a well-trained soldier.
The antelope is too fast, and the color of its hair can easily be confused with the dead grass in the bushes.
This was already the fifth time that Fujiwara Senzuo tried to challenge his own limits. But inexplicably, he remembered Tang Dao's sarcastic eyes again after defeating him, and Fujiwara Senzuo's small universe suddenly exploded.
After holding his breath for five or six seconds, Fujiwara Senzuo pulled the trigger. The antelope that was frightened and ran wildly 500 meters away fell down.
Fujiwara Senzuo's eyes showed joy, and he began to look forward to seeing him and Tang Dao again.
But this time, I am afraid that Tang Dao will never have a chance to face him face to face, and will only appear in his scope a mile away.
Then, he shot out those annoying eyes with one shot.
When he thought of this, Fujiwara Senzuo felt his blood surge all over his body, and then he felt a faint pain in the bones of his arms, which were all scars left by Tang Dao.
If Tang Tuanzuo, who was hundreds of kilometers away, knew that someone who was just the best exchange item for him was training hard to be a sniper, Jubi would laugh up at the sky.
In World War II, not to mention the powerful combat power of the Japanese Army, which defeated China steadily, even the American infantry, whose equipment was far superior to theirs, was shocked by it. It was because the marksmanship of the Japanese infantry was too accurate, and the old-fashioned 38 rifles were
The performance of the bolt-fire rifle is maximized.
However, the marksmanship of the Japanese infantry was so accurate that in the history of World War II, super snipers from all countries participating in the war left their names, but the Japanese army did not.
It’s not that the Japanese army doesn’t have snipers, but that in the tactics of the Japanese infantry, precious snipers are just disposable consumables.
The biggest characteristic of Japanese snipers is that their position is completely exposed as soon as they fire. There are only two options, one is to use the tree crown as a shooting platform, and the other is to wear camouflage clothes and hide in dug holes.
inside.
It's okay to hide in a tree, but the Japanese snipers not only want to prevent themselves from falling, but also want to show their determination to fight to the death. They also like to tie themselves to the trees with ropes. That's not the American cowboy with continuous firepower.
All kinds of machine guns are pointed at the canopy of the trees to say hello. Do you want to die or not?
This also led to the fact that the Japanese snipers were very good at shooting, but they often died before they could accumulate enough kills.
To use the comment of a famous military scientist at West Point Military Academy, "It is not a problem of technology and equipment, but a problem of people. The Japanese army brainwashed by that doctrine is a cannon fodder army!".
That is to say, the equipment of the Chinese army is really poor, but anyone who is on par with them can be beaten into scum by just using various tactics.
Fujiwara Senzuo gave up his own strengths and went to learn sniping from some sergeant school instructor who didn't even know the basics of sniper tactics. Isn't that a dead end?
As for the top five Chinese and Japanese millions of troops, it is a joke. There are at least two people in the Four Lines Group who can reach 500 meters to kill an antelope with the naked eye, and there are many crouching tigers, hidden dragons among the millions of people.
Even Tang Dao, who had increased the range of the scope to 700 meters, did not dare to say that he was No. 1. Who gave the instructor the courage to say this?
There is nothing better than sitting in a well and looking at the sky!
Of course, the shooting instructor and Fujiwara Senzuo didn't even know that there was a sniper rifle in the world called an anti-material sniper rifle. As the originator of the anti-material sniper rifle, Mao Xiong's anti-tank rifle and 20 customized testable
The temperature and humidity 6x scope will be shipped to Taihang Mountain in a few months.
By then, the Tang Dao will let the Japanese North China Front know what a super sniper is. With a 7 mm caliber bullet, anyone within 1,000 meters may become a prey!
To put it bluntly, Fujiwara Senzuo, who was trying to find another way after suffering a severe blow in martial arts, is going further and further down the road of becoming a joke.
This is somewhat similar to Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka who was frightened by the four-pronged group's tactics of attacking east and west and planned to run away.
"Since Yoshio Shinozuka has this reason, we can definitely use this to make a fuss and send a telex to Deputy Brigadier Chen to ask his people to wander around the nearest county town, with a strength of no less than 1,000 people." Tang Dao.
Just click on the map.
"In addition, telegraph Yang Xiaoshan and ask him to take the First Guard Company and the local militia to hit the 4th Division that is wandering around. But don't actually fight, just let the Japanese know how many troops they have!"
As Tang Dao issued military orders one after another, Jinan, which had originally focused all its attention on the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield and the rest of the area was relatively calm, suddenly started to stir up trouble.
Regular troops and militiamen in each county began to assemble and move in groups to the surrounding counties. The escort company located in Zishan also quickly gathered more than 2,000 militia troops from the surrounding areas who had been trained for half a year and rushed to the 4th Division position more than 20 kilometers away.
go.
"Urgent, the Chinese army is massing towards the county seat of Guangping County, with thousands of troops!"
"Urgent"
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More than 15 emergency telegrams similar to this were placed on the desk of Yoshio Shinozuka who was making arrangements for the evacuation before dark.
"The enemy army appeared from the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, with a strength of nearly 10,000. Our troops are withdrawing to Handan City at night. We are determined to hold on to the city. We hope that Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio will return to the army as soon as possible to defeat the enemy!" Ohma Konosuke's call was even more disturbing.
Yoshio Shinozuka broke out in a cold sweat.
So much so that I didn’t even bother to scold Yukio Nosuke for the obvious exaggeration in his message. Starry Night is such a bastard. It was just wiped clean tomorrow, okay?
Of course, after the fertilization, Yoshio Shinozuka was more of a fluke. Fortunately, he made the decision to withdraw the troops in the afternoon, and he did not hesitate to empty out 80% of the stored artillery shells to force the Chinese back and give the division
It gained more space for maneuver, and also let the Chinese know that their own powerful firepower gave them a deterrent.
At least this night, the Chinese would not make any move, giving the main force of the division a chance to retreat quietly.
"Order all ministries to evacuate according to the original plan. Each infantry brigade will allocate an infantry squadron to stay to block the enemy. After the main force of our army reaches the safe area, we will immediately evacuate in batches. We will order the entire army to discard all except necessary equipment and supplies.
Light the fire, and the packhorses must be tied to their mouths so that no sound can be made." Shinozuka Yoshio finally issued the order to withdraw the troops with a bitter look on his face.
Taking the initiative to evacuate the battlefield is undoubtedly painful for a proud army lieutenant general.
In a sense, his 10th Division was defeated in this battle. Both in terms of human losses and material losses, it was the first time that the 10th Division had suffered since it arrived on the battlefield in China.
The loss was one of them, and more importantly, the "lure the snake out of its hole" tactical plan he made a few days ago became a big joke.
The Chinese came out, but it was not a snake, but a python, and he almost hanged him, a proud hunter who was ready to drink the snake soup.
But no matter how unwilling he was, Yoshio Shinozuka had to withdraw his troops compared to the battlefield situation in southern Hebei and the political risks he had to bear.
The 10th Division began to gradually evacuate at 12 o'clock in the morning. The infantry threw away their uniforms and all supplies; the cavalry tied towels on the mouths of their beloved horses; even the horses' hooves were tied with cotton cloth, and the heavy baggage soldiers lost their carts and carts.
Some of the supplies only held pack horses that were also arranged to prevent horses from neighing; the artillery abandoned all damaged mountain cannons that could be repaired, and only dismantled 13 mountain cannons that could still be used.
From then on, the 10th Division was an out-and-out light infantry division. The heavy firepower of the entire division was similar to that of an ordinary Chinese infantry division. Even if the 17th Division encountered them, they could defeat them.
However, the 10th Division, which still has more than 30,000 people, should not be underestimated. Once they fight for their lives, even with two elite regiments like the Four Lines Regiment and the 772nd Regiment, it will be a bit overwhelming.
Tang Tuanzuo had no intention of using his elite troops to fight against the 10th Division, which had lost its will to fight.
His primary strategic purpose in coming to southern Hebei was not to annihilate a Japanese division, but to smash the Japanese army's raids on the base area, consolidate the strength of the people in the base area, and gradually develop and strengthen the Fourth Army Regiment and the Eighty Group Army.
This model was gradually extended to the entire territory of North China, gradually increasing the strength of the base areas behind enemy lines in North China, and completely restraining the entire Japanese North China Front from advancing westward to support the national battlefield.
Therefore, the Chinese army on the entire battlefield selectively became deaf and blind, allowing the main force of the 10th Division to leave from the left. A full two hours later, Tang Tuanzuo, who arrived at the front line of the battlefield in person, coldly ordered: "
Flares!”
A total of 40 illumination bombs were fired from the trench front more than 2,000 meters away, illuminating the entire battlefield as if it were daytime.
The faces of the Japanese troops left in the trenches to block the enemy were all pale, whiter than the light of the slowly falling illumination bombs from the sky.
Of course, the nearly 1,500 Japanese infantrymen who stayed behind were not there to die, but to prepare for the eventuality. If the Chinese were to attack at night and there was no one on the position, wouldn't it mean that the entire army would come after them?
The 10th Division, which had lost a lot of heavy weapons and had no trenches, didn't know how many casualties it would have to pay to stop the Chinese. It might as well use the ready-made positions as blocking positions.
Moreover, after the main force is 5 to 8 kilometers away from the battlefield, the Japanese infantry remaining in the position will quickly evacuate. According to estimates, all of them will be evacuated by dawn.
However, the Japanese army never expected that the Chinese did not give them a chance. At 3 o'clock in the morning, they fired overwhelming flares.
Thinking with your buttocks, do you know what the Chinese want to do?
"All artillery, firepower coverage for 20 minutes, order the entire army to attack across the board. In one hour, I will join forces with Commander Wang at the frontline headquarters of Yoshio Shinozuka! And forward this message to the 772nd Regiment and the Jinan Division Independence
Camp!" Tang Dao ordered coldly.
"Yes!" The trench roared like thunder.
"Boom~~~Boom~~~" The sharp whistle of artillery shells pierced the night sky.
Yoshio Shinozuka, who was 6 kilometers away, suddenly looked back and saw the flames rising into the sky in the distance. It was by no means the effect of a few cannons, but dozens or even more!
After leaving the 1,500 imperial officers and soldiers who were left to act as a blocker, Yoshio Shinozuka's face became stiff. He knew that his intention to withdraw troops had already been seen through, otherwise the Chinese would not have launched a full-line attack at this time.
They couldn't take down the entire 10th Division, so they placed their target on the 1,500 infantrymen at the rear. Their strength was ten times that of the enemy. In addition, they had an absolute advantage in terms of heavy firepower. Taking down 1,500 infantrymen was just a snap!
"Order the entire army to continue advancing at full speed! Anyone who disobeys military orders will die!" Yoshio Shinozuka was also a ruthless man. He no longer dwelled on his mistakes, nor left any supporting troops behind, but ran away.
There was nothing wrong with this decision. If any Japanese troops dared to turn around and save their comrades, the 3,000 regular troops of the 80th Group Army who had already outflanked the Japanese troops in the direction of withdrawal an hour ago would make dumplings for them on the spot.
Just as Yoshio Shinozuka predicted, the Chinese army, which had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength and heavy firepower, completely crushed the 1,500 Japanese troops everywhere on the battlefield. From Tang Dao's order to Tang Dao and Wang Xiaoqiang's hands clenched together,
That moment was only 55 minutes apart!
The sound of gunfire on the battlefield was already sparse. It was Chinese soldiers still chasing scattered Japanese troops who were fleeing.
Under the starry sky, the Battle of Zhaojiazhuang, with nearly 40,000 troops deployed, ended with the jaw-dropping results of the senior generals of China and Japan!
The 10th Division, that's it?
The man who was far away in the mountain city was also full of disbelief when he received the information sent by the middle-aged man with thick eyebrows in person.
What, does Tang Dao have the physique to passively reduce Japan’s combat power?