The cavalry suffered heavy losses but huge gains.
The remains of nearly 50 people who died in the battle were recovered and brought back, and six heavy Type 96 25mm cannons were also dragged back using the carriages found at the scene.
The 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade seems to be the strategic support force of the Japanese army, but in fact it is just that. It is far from the level of mechanization in Western countries. The 150 heavy artillery is basically dragged by pack horses, and the artillery shells are also transported by small horse-drawn carriages.
Therefore, when the cavalry returned, they also brought back more than thirty pack horses and a dozen carts, which were just used to transport the wounded.
The infantry over there had already begun to attack.
Although the 150mm howitzer is powerful and can inflict a large number of casualties on the Japanese troops in the position, it is not known how long it will take to kill them all with shells alone.
Moreover, the Japanese soldiers nestled in the position probably also knew that they might die faster if they left this position. They persisted but did not collapse. Their tenacity made the Chinese soldiers who gradually moved towards the position have to admit that this was a letdown.
A troublesome opponent.
However, after their most important firepower, the six Type 96 machine guns, were destroyed one by one by the purely lethal 150-meter howitzers and precise mortars, they were no longer able to stop the attack of nearly two infantry companies.
The four infantry squads of the Four Lines Battalion that went into the charge had submachine guns and rifles. Although Guo Shouzhi's first company of the Guard Battalion had a slightly lower number of submachine guns and rifles, its firepower mix was almost the same as that of the Four Lines Battalion.
It can be said that the more than 400 Japanese troops led by Naoshi Komura encountered the most elite Chinese army in the entire southeastern battlefield, no matter in terms of equipment, will or tactical skills.
Tang Dao's infantry squads are basically composed of 15 people. Except for the light machine guns and grenade launchers that are assigned to the squad to provide fire support to their companions outside the position, the remaining 12 people, including the squad leader, march in groups of three.
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Tang Dao didn't have much time to explain to them the three-three system tactics that would be fully formed in the Northern Wind and Snow War. He just told them that no matter whether they charge or defend, they must trust their comrades. They only need to care about their own direction and two flanks.
Give it to your comrades.
The soldiers in the security battalion have already tasted the benefits of this three-person grouping in the street fighting in Songjiang. It greatly reduces their burden of comprehensively observing the battlefield and focusing on dealing with frontal enemies. If one person is attacked, the other two will quickly respond.
Rescue and attack enemies.
Not to mention the soldiers of the Sixing Battalion. Their training intensity is more intense than that of the 67th Army and the 43rd Army. They fought bloody battles in Songhu for two months. They can save their lives better than anyone else, and they know how to kill better than most people here.
With such a group of elites rushing into the position like wolves and tigers, the fate of the Japanese army can be imagined.
Whether you want to run or resist, you will basically die, there is no second option.
As the 2nd company under Zhuang Shisan's command also rushed into the position, the Japanese army was already in defeat.
I don’t know how many Japanese soldiers died under the guns of Chinese soldiers. The 38-type rifle can only fire one shot before it will be mowed down by a shuttle of bullets, and then it will be mercilessly stabbed by a long gun.
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This is a battlefield and there is no mercy.
Tang Dao issued a military order before the war. Except for the Chinese, he did not want to see any Japanese have the right to breathe.
This is Chinese land, and even the air belongs to China.
Of course, the Japanese army was also tenacious. On such a battlefield where defeat was inevitable, they still pressed forward. Without guns, they hung a circle of grenades and used themselves as running bombs to rush towards them.
Lei Xiong emptied the bullets from the submachine gun in his hand in one breath, beating a strong Japanese soldier with an exposed chest into a sieve. Before he could get down, he was blown away by the air wave caused by the Japanese soldier who was suddenly exploded into a ball of blood mist eight meters away.
Big somersault.
"Damn it, why are the Japanese here so stubborn?" Lei Xiong, as brave and brave as he was, couldn't help but break out in cold sweat and vomit sweet fragrance from his mouth.
Fortunately, his intuition just now was wrong and he did not choose to use his best fighting skills to kill the Japanese who were rushing over. Instead, he shot and killed him without mercy. Otherwise, he would definitely be killed by several melon grenades hung by the Japanese.
It was so fried that I didn’t even recognize it.
"No one is allowed to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese and use guns to kill them." Lei Xiong, who was thankful that he was not impulsive, spat out the sand in his mouth and gave the order.
But this did not stop the casualties of Chinese soldiers. A person who wants to die will not be defeated by bullets so easily.
This is not only useful for Chinese soldiers, but also for the Japanese.
At least ten people were killed or wounded in this crazy suicidal counterattack by the Japanese army.
The red-eyed Chinese soldiers, stimulated by the casualties of their companions, responded with more ferocious bullets to their opponents. Whether they were alive or dead, even those lying motionless, they would be tested by bullets.
Seriously injured, the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and pretended to be dead in an attempt to draw a draw and win two, but they could only lose the chance to throw grenades secretly.
The corpse suddenly exploded automatically and flew into pieces in the air. This was by no means a new thing on this battlefield.
But obviously, the Japanese's desperate counterattack was successful.
That was also the battlefield where the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade lasted the longest in the entire battle. After encountering a 150mm howitzer and three mortars accurately destroying it, it still persisted for 20 minutes.
It wasn't until Li Jijin personally led an infantry squad to attack a trench at the rear of the position, threw more than a dozen grenades in succession, and killed all seven or eight Japanese soldiers who were hiding deep in the trenches and resisting with pistols, that perhaps the Chinese soldiers found
The reason why the Japanese troops resisted so desperately in this position.
Not to mention that they were basically captain-level officers, one of them, a short fat man who had his intestines ripped out by the explosion and was still holding a command knife before he died, was actually an army colonel.
That should be the highest commander of the Japanese army in this position.
The army colonel obviously didn't expect that he would be killed by the Chinese grenades before he even had a chance to fight. According to his expectation, he could wave the sharp saber in his hand a few times.
Otherwise, why would his eyes be so wide-eyed, and he would look so unwilling to do so.
"Ma Le Gobi, why is Mao only an army colonel and not a major general?" Li Jijin muttered regretfully as he 'took' the command knife from the dead body.
Don't you want to 'seize' it! Even if the dead captain was dead, his hand was still holding the handle of the knife tightly. Li Jijin couldn't pull it out even after pulling twice. In anger, he simply chopped off the dead ghost's fingers with his bayonet.
He was so bloody that he took out the commander-level command sword.
Veteran Youzi would not know that although many Japanese generals like to have chrysanthemum patterns engraved on their sword handles, not everyone dares to engrave the pattern of the royal family emblem, the "Sixteen Petals and Eightfold Chrysanthemum" on their sword handles.
There are only sabers given by the Emperor to senior generals of the navy and army, or sabers used to inspire the closest officials he considers to be the most loyal.
Although Naoshi Komura is already considered a mid- to senior-level officer in the Japanese army, he is still as far away from a general-level general as a piece of clay looking up into the clouds.
Obviously, he is a close minister.
Of course it's very close. As a classmate and good friend of the Japanese emperor of this generation, Naishi Komura, who graduated from the artillery college, became an army colonel in his thirties. It won't be long before he will enter the rank of general. Even Sumita Raishiro is usually very fond of himself.
This subordinate was polite and never harsh or harsh.
It is a pity that the classmate and friend of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan died quietly in the cold mud of southeastern China.
However, death does not mean the end of the nightmare.
A Chinese Army second lieutenant was cutting off his fingers in the most rude way to take out the command knife that he was proud of.
Li Jijin didn't understand the royal emblem, but the 1994-style saber was quite sharp.
After the war, we don’t want anything but this captured saber. The battalion commander will definitely agree to it. Li Jijin wiped the blood on the handle of the knife on the pudgy colonel’s uniform and then inserted it into his belt, secretly
With the intention of "filling their own pockets".
"Cough, bah!" There was a lot of ash in his throat. Veteran Youzi coughed up phlegm out of habit, and spit it on the face of the dead Japanese colonel.
"Damn it, you dare to stare at me even after you die. What a bluff! Brothers, let's go and continue to fight the Japanese. Try to get a Japanese saber for each of you!" Veteran Youzi happily led his soldiers.
Rush into the darkness.
"Let's go!" The soldiers were all excited.
Even the Buddha could hardly resist the temptation of making a fortune, let alone these big-head soldiers who didn't know a few Chinese characters.
If they knew that in the future, the Type 94 saber inserted in Li Jijin's belt would be worth more than 500,000 yuan, they would definitely be more enthusiastic.
The Japanese officer with the sword on his shoulder is like a walking golden doll! All the equipment can be bought casually in China in the future, and it will be like a house.
Your grandfather and I saved an apartment for you when we were young! Use this to tell your future grandson a story, and your grandson will definitely love hearing it, even if it’s just for the apartment.
All that was left was a mess on the ground, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers strewn about, and the Japanese army commander staring at the sky unwillingly.
In addition, there was a mouthful of thick phlegm on his face.
"Bah, look at you!" This is the Chinese soldier's answer to the invaders.
This time it actually happened.
It is said that the Japanese assistant officer responsible for collecting the corpses after the war did not dare to report it to the superiors, for fear that a certain emperor would be angry if he knew this fact.
