Chapter 1358 The big knife behind the back (please vote for me!)
In less than 10 minutes, two platoons of the mountain infantry company led by Gu Xishui and one platoon of the reconnaissance company led by Niu Er captured the two most important highlands laid out by Okamura Yuzhi on his back road.
These two highlands, which are only 180 meters high, are called Huyakou. Just like its name, they have become the sharp teeth of the Four Lines Group to tightly clamp down on their prey.
More than 600 Japanese soldiers stayed in this mountainous area forever because they could not reach the lower hills outside Zishan.
In the end, the Japanese army that was able to escape, including Lieutenant Colonel Yushi Okamura, the deputy commander of the regiment, only had one infantry squadron, among which there were dozens of seriously wounded soldiers.
Two fully equipped infantry brigades attacked a high ground with at most one infantry platoon, and only one infantry squadron returned in the end. You can imagine the mood of the Japanese commander.
And this is just a battle report written by the First Division itself. When the four regiments reported their military merits after the war, the data seen by the Japanese senior spies lurking in the Second Theater Command was the strength of the Chinese defenders in Jinlongfeng Highland.
There is only one reserve infantry squad.
It is said that when Duo Tianjun, who had received an order to be transferred back to his homeland to take up his post, saw this top-secret information, his face was filled with sadness, and he has not said a word about the war situation in North China since then.
After daybreak, the third battalion and the escort company conducted an inventory. Around the Jinlong Peak Highlands and surrounding battlefields, a total of more than 1,500 enemies were wiped out. There were also many broken limbs that could only be packed in sacks. A rough estimate of the number of people was still there.
Between 200 and 300.
It can be seen that when there are not enough protective fortifications, the lethality of the 150 heavy force against the infantry is brought to the extreme. Even the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment who are used to seeing big scenes are faced with such a situation where there are broken arms and legs and organs everywhere.
The battlefield was also disgusting, and I took it seriously as a warning.
Trench fortifications are compulsory at all times, otherwise you may be turned into a piece of rotten flesh under artillery fire one day.
The battlefield is the best training ground. No one needs to teach at all. Soldiers take the initiative to understand the experience and lessons.
But compared to the thousands of Japanese troops killed by the 7th company, escort company and two elite infantry companies combined with the artillery battalion, the record in front of Jinlongfeng Highland is amazing.
Before the Jinlongfeng Highlands, there were nearly 260 Japanese corpses. This was because the Japanese had already carried down many corpses and wounded soldiers. For example, at about 600 meters from the Jinlongfeng Highlands, there were more than 200 Japanese corpses. It was obviously an attack.
The war dead at the Golden Dragon Peak Highlands were just too late to move away during the final hasty evacuation.
That means that Class 13 not only blocked the Japanese army's strong attack day and night, but also killed nearly 500 Japanese soldiers in the defensive battle. If you count the data of 11 people killed in Class 13, 1 seriously injured, and 3 slightly injured, Jinlong
The battle loss ratio in the Battle of the Peak was approximately 1:40.
This is definitely the most shocking battle loss ratio in the mountain offensive and defensive battles since the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War. Although it is not as exaggerated as Longyan shot hundreds of Japanese soldiers with a machine gun in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, at any rate, Longyan was
There were still two infantry squads in Iwa's hands, and the Japanese army did not have any heavy firearms or long-range artillery fire support.
The defensive battle on the Jinlongfeng Highlands was different. The Japanese army not only had infantry artillery, but also 150 howitzers and 105 howitzers to assist. The 13th Squadron relied entirely on surface positions and tunnels to carry the artillery fire, and used light infantry equipment to repel more than 10 Japanese troops.
waves of attack.
Especially in the last wave of the attack with the Japanese army, which involved more than 200 infantrymen, Tantai Mirror's formation choice of using three infantrymen to protect one machine gunner was even more amazing.
Even though Tantai Mingjing killed dozens of enemies with a dragon's breath shotgun, compared with his impressive personal record and his tactical choices, he can only be ranked second in stunningness.
At the summary meeting after the four-line team battle, the four battalion commanders all believed that the tactical choice of protecting the core firepower, allowing the MG42 in the hands of the three fat men to spit out 750 rounds of bullets in one minute, was the last four battalion commanders on the position.
The soldiers held out until reinforcements arrived.
Without the rain of bullets ejected from the MG42 machine gun, which suppressed the Japanese infantry under the slope 30 meters in front of the position, hundreds of Japanese soldiers only needed to throw a wave of grenades to tear the three Chinese infantry into pieces on the front line.
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Fortunately, all the infantry squads of the Fourth Line Regiment are equipped with MG42. If it were not for this monster machine gun with a maximum rate of fire of 1,500 rounds, even a Maxim with a rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute would not be able to stop 200 in that case.
The remaining Japanese infantry attacked frantically.
Of course, no matter how powerful the equipment is, how much damage it can do in the end depends on the person who uses it. One thing that no one can deny is that the outcome of this defensive battle must be extraordinary courage.
The 11 people who died in the battle were brave, and the four who survived were even braver, because they not only had to face a desperate large number of enemies, but also had to temporarily forget the sadness of their comrades dying in the battle. They could not even shed tears. They wanted to
Put every ounce of your energy into blocking the enemy's attack.
As a commander, Tantai Mingjing was perfect in terms of courage, wisdom, and performance in battle. Even Leng Feng could only describe the mood of Tang Tuanzuo when he met him at Sihang Warehouse.
This little soldier under his command.
Tantai Mingjing became famous in the first battle. After that, whoever talked about him in the Four Lines Regiment no longer called him the younger brother of Company Commander Tantai or the younger brother of Tang Tuanzuo, but the name of the squad leader of the 13th Squadron of Jinlong Peak Heroes.
After the Zishan battle, San Pang was rushed to the field hospital under construction in Dakouzidong. Tang Dao personally called the Eightyth Army headquarters. A famous doctor from a foreign country and his team were protected by a cavalry platoon at starry night.
Set off to Dakouzidong Town to perform surgery on this soldier.
Tang Dao's request was simple: save this soldier's life at all costs.
The three fat men who took 5 injections of penicillin not only survived the infection, but also miraculously saved their left eye. He also strongly requested to stay in the 7th company without retiring, and became famous in the 7th company in Taihang, Ji.
One of the 'Double Dragons' of the South.
The reason why it is called Double Dragon is that the older one and the younger one are both one-eyed dragons. No matter where the two men wearing eye patches meet, they are basically arranged to sit together, even if they eventually become the backbone of the Four Elements Group
Senior officers are no exception.
For the ownership of these four reserve squad soldiers, the platoon commanders of the 7th company and even the squads of the 3rd battalion were furiously fighting. Even the deputy of the thunder regiment had the shamelessness to intervene and said that there happened to be a spot in his personal guard squad.
, if Tantai Mingjing didn't come, he would also be willing to take the little fat man who was blind at first sight in the field hospital.
Shangguan Yun, who has been the chief of staff of the Fourth Army Regiment for a year, is even more shameless, saying that there is a vacancy in his staff office. Originally, the rank was second lieutenant, but now he can also be a corporal.
Leng Feng, who had always respected these two men, almost spit in the face of each of the two big brothers. He told the regimental bosses directly that no one could steal his men from the 3rd Battalion unless he died on the battlefield.
Then they dismantled the 3rd Battalion, and he had no control over it.
Having said that, the big bosses could only stop their activities and watch the "civil strife" in the third camp.
In the end, Tang Dao came forward to find Tantai Mingjing, and the two brothers each had a bowl of noodles face to face.
"Where do you want to go? Your battalion commander's guard platoon is the most elite infantry platoon in your battalion. If you have the rank of corporal, you can barely join. After training for half a year, you can be transferred to the position of deputy squad leader or squad leader."
"No!" Tantai Mingjing, who was eating noodles, shook his head without hesitation.
"Then go to your company headquarters and be the deputy squad leader of the communications squad. Li Jijin almost lost his life because of you. In this battle, the main infantry platoon of the 7th company lost 126 people. Half of them were because of your squad 13. This
I can’t forget the kindness!”
"I don't want to go to the company headquarters, brother-in-law. I can't always be under the protection of Sister A and you, and you have seen the cruelty of the battlefield. Even if I am the battalion commander or the company commander who puts me in the reserve class, I still have to rely on myself.
You have to work hard to survive." Tantai Mingjing was silent for a while, still shaking his head.
"Then go to Tu Yunsheng's 2nd platoon. This time he will be the platoon leader. There is also a vacancy in the Qinglongshan infantry squad. Three of you can join. That boy named San Pang. When he recovers from his injury, I will transfer him to the regimental headquarters.
The guard company serves as machine gunners.”
"Brother-in-law, will Class 13 be cancelled?" Tantai Mingjing raised his head, his eyes sparkling.
"The Battle of Zishan was tragic. The main infantry platoons of each company suffered relatively large losses. All reserve officers and soldiers will be cancelled. After the Battle of Zishan, all reserve officers and soldiers who are still alive and have not retired due to injuries will be charged to active duty. Your 7th Company will update
That's true." Tang Dao shook his head slightly.
"However, considering the role of reserve infantry squads, I will consider continuing to maintain reserve infantry squads in each battalion and company!"
"That's fine. I'm not going anywhere. I'll just stay in Class 13. The squad leader and deputy squad leader will be looking at me in the sky. I will tell the new brothers that our class is a reserve class, but courage and
The combat effectiveness is by no means worse than that of the brothers in the main infantry squad." Tantai Mingjing continued to eat noodles with his head down.
Tang Dao seemed to have already guessed that his younger brother would give such an answer. He stopped talking and did not speak until he drank all the noodle soup in the bowl.
"Think carefully. Based on the first-class military exploits of the four of you, all four of you will be promoted to the rank of corporal. If you go to the front-line main force, you will be more important. In the reserve class, you will be more responsible for teaching new recruits. You are about to be the squad leader.
Some people even have to face the situation where the new recruits are frightened by artillery fire and wet their pants. Are you mentally prepared for this?"
"I've never eaten pork and never seen a pig walk, brother-in-law, don't underestimate people." Tantai Mingjing could no longer maintain his composure at this time, staring at Tang Dao with a reddish face.
Being scared to wet his pants was not a fabrication by Tang Dao, it was a situation that occurred when Tantai Mingjing was still in the recruit company.
Tantai Mingjing never thought that the Four Elements Regiment would have such perverted training. One of the training items for the recruits was to dig anti-gun holes. To test whether the anti-gun holes were qualified or not, the recruits were asked to dig them by themselves.
into the bombhole, and then bombarded them with Type 82 mortars.
A new recruit who had not been on the battlefield was hit by artillery for the first time, and it was actually from his own people, and it was in a hole dug by himself. Although there was a veteran squad leader who specially inspected it, some of them were unqualified at first glance and got out immediately.
Go back and dig again, but there is no guarantee that it will not collapse if it is bombed by artillery shells!
Eighty percent of the recruits had wet pants when they walked out of the bomb shelter, and Tantai Mirror was no exception.
Of course, only after leaving the recruit company did Tantai Mirror know that the so-called test was actually scary. The mortar's explosive shells were mainly used to kill infantry and had insufficient destructive power on civil fortifications. Under the guidance of veterans,
Basically, there is a soil layer of 1 meter above the anti-bomb cave and it is supported by wood. Not to mention mortars, even 75mm mountain cannons may not be able to collapse it.
This assessment is actually to let the recruits first experience what it is like to be under artillery fire. If you wet your pants on the training ground, you can change them. If you wet your pants on the battlefield, your buttocks will be cold, which will still have an impact on combat effectiveness.
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This should be dirt on most recruits, and Tantai Mingjing has always been very resistant to it. Seeing his brother-in-law making fun of him with this, the 18-year-old young man was still a little embarrassed.
"Haha! Who didn't come from there? When I was a recruit, I saw a grenade that was going to explode. I was so frightened that I didn't even make any tactical moves like lying on the ground. What do you mean by being dumbfounded? I acted like a fool at that time.
Incisively and vividly!" Tang Dao smiled.
"Anyway, you can't talk about this when you and my sister are chatting." Tantai Mingjing rolled his eyes and continued to make noodles. "Also, can you not let my sister, father and others know the specific situation of this battle?
Dad looks free and easy, but in fact he has a very delicate and soft mind. When my grandma left last time, I saw him secretly rubbing his eyes. If you ask him, he said that his eyes were obsessed with the wind and his mouth was like a thief.
hard!"
"That's really impossible. Your sister and father are now important officers in the regiment. They have the right to read the internal battle reports. Believe me, there are worries, but they will definitely be proud of you, my Jinlongfeng
Corporal Tantai Mingjing, squad leader of the heroic infantry squad." Tang Dao said suddenly.
"What?" Tantai Mingjing almost choked on a mouthful of noodles.
The entire Si Xing Regiment has a total of three companies with independent titles. They are the two Sichuan Army companies that were almost wiped out in the Battle of Mouse Mountain and the new Sichuan Army Corps that participated in the Sizhou Mountain Defense Battle. The infantry squad with independent titles is even more.
It is rare, there is only one Qinglongshan Hero Infantry Squad of 7th Company and 2nd Platoon, and all of them were obtained through tragic sacrifices.
Can they, Class 13, really have this honor?
"After discussions at the regiment headquarters, it was unanimously agreed that both in terms of the number of enemies annihilated and the unparalleled courage and wisdom displayed by your squad 13 on the battlefield, you all deserve this honor.
With the consent of your Battalion Commander Leng, except for your 4 corporals, the other 16 people in your class are all new recruits, but you are given the qualifications to recruit soldiers from the whole battalion. Your 13th class will no longer belong to the reserve establishment and will be directly under the company headquarters.
Infantry squad."
"Brother-in-law, what do you mean?" Tantai Mingjing opened his mouth in disbelief.
"Class 13, like Class 4, is a reinforced infantry class with a strength of 20 people. It has a mortar team and a grenade team with two precision shooters. The machine gun team has a strength of three people. It can carry 4,000 rounds of ammunition during wartime."
Tantai Mingjing felt dizzy as he was struck by great happiness. Not only did the 13th squad have the title of heroic infantry squad, they also turned into the only two reinforced infantry squads in the entire battalion.
The 3-man mortar team is expanded to 5 people, which means it can carry 20 more rounds of artillery shells. The MG42 machine gun ammunition reserve has also doubled from 2,000 rounds. It seems that the number of personnel is only 5 more than that of an ordinary infantry squad, but the heavy firepower is
It's one-half stronger.
To use the exact words of Tu Yunsheng, who once served as the squad leader of the 4th squad: Even though there are only 20 people in my 4th squad, the two infantry squads who singled out the Japanese are worthy of their dues!
That's not bragging. A 20-man infantry squad is equipped with 10 Black Star pistols, not to mention 8 semi-automatic rifles and 4 submachine guns.
The two Japanese infantry squads only have 4 Type 96 light machine guns and 4 grenade launchers. Can they together withstand a 60-gun with 40 rounds of artillery shells, a range of 1,300 meters, and a rifle grenade with a straight-line shooting distance of 400 meters?
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"Brother-in-law, isn't it because my surname is Tantai?" Tantai Mingjing, who was overjoyed, suddenly asked weakly.
Tang Dao's smile faded, he stood up and walked out the door. When he reached the door, he left a sentence: "This is the recognition and reward for the brave. It has always been the rule of my Four Elements Group. I will not sacrifice myself for anyone."
Change, I don’t want to hear such words again, because this ridiculous questioning is not the biggest insult to me, but to all the brave and sacrificed soldiers of our Fourth Army."
"Yes!" Tantai Mingjing stood upright.
At that moment, the 18-year-old young man truly understood why the incomparable sister in his eyes had a deep love for this man. It was because he had the temperament of a true soldier - tenacity and integrity.
"Also, your sister is pregnant. After the celebration party, I will give you 10 days of leave to go back and see your sister and father." Tang Dao's voice came from outside the door.
"I'm an uncle now." Tantai Mingjing stood there, smiling like a fool.
The 18-year-old young man didn't know that Tang Tuanzuo, who had received his father-in-law's stupid look half an hour ago, was not much smarter than him.
After Tantai Mingyue received the news that the Battle of Zishan was over, she finally couldn't help but give Tang Tuan Zuo a happy surprise!
Of course, this was all after the war, and on the day after the defensive battle at Jinlongfeng Highland ended, the Zishan battlefield finally ushered in a major turning point.
A twist that frightened Saburo Okabe!
In other words, it was a turning point that made the 30,000 Japanese troops on the Zishan battlefield sluggish!
The Chinese not only turned from defense to attack, but also took out a knife from behind. It was not a vicious little dagger, but a big knife.
