After defeating the stubborn battlefield of Komura Hisashi, the main force led by Tang Dao never encountered any decent resistance.
That’s not to say that the Japanese artillerymen were all scum. After blowing up the artillery, they dispersed and ran away.
On the contrary, the Japanese artillery showed Japanese bravery to the Chinese soldiers.
Sumita Raishiro, like the farewell message he sent to Yanagawa Heisuke, organized his subordinates to mount a desperate resistance.
But it seemed that this was not the right choice. According to the memory of the staff officer of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade who survived the war, in the later stages of the battlefield, Major General Sumita Raishiro regretted his decision extremely.
If the cannon is gone, we can still build it, but if the people are gone, nothing is left.
Yes, I watched the Chinese soldiers use their machine guns and machine guns to fire wildly at the trenches that were so simple that they could only hide most of their bodies, so that the imperial artillerymen with only a few weapons could not even lift their heads, and then carried
The infantry armed with submachine guns and shell gun continuous-fire firearms then used the imperial infantry's favorite two-wing outflanking tactic to enter the position from the flanks. They conquered the position in almost six or seven minutes, and then started a massacre. After that, Sumita Raishiro really regretted it.
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His decision showed the bravery and determination of a major general of the Imperial Japanese Army, but it truly sent the entire 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade into hell.
Not only were the large-caliber heavy artillery missing, but also the valuable artillerymen with several years of military experience were artificially sent to the slaughter of the Chinese.
The battle loss ratio in the battle reports between China and Japan after the war also illustrates this point extremely cruelly.
In the wall-breaking battle and cavalry charge before the battle, about 80 Chinese soldiers were killed and nearly 100 were injured, including the anti-aircraft gun position where Komura Hisashi was located. Even though it was bombarded by 150 howitzers, all heavy weapons were destroyed.
, but also caused more than 40 casualties to the Chinese side.
But then, under the order of Sumita Raishiro, various defensive positions were formed with artillery brigades and even artillery squadrons as units and issued spare weapons. The total strength was as high as 6,000 people. It was a force that could never be ignored in any war.
Even on the meat grinder battlefield of Songhu.
Even though this group of poor Japanese artillerymen didn't have many weapons in their hands, even the Type 38 rifle, a "fire stick" that was usually left gathering dust in the arsenal, could only be used by two people. One person died, and the other
Only one person has the opportunity to obtain weapons, and the treatment is similar to that of the "Tubal Road" gang who fought desperately with them in the northern fields in the future.
However, their enemies numbered no more than a thousand. Excluding the cavalry who cleaned the battlefield in the rear and constantly rescued and transported the wounded, the number of pure infantry was less than a thousand after exhaustion.
But it was these more than 900 people who allowed the Japanese artillerymen to experience what "Fuze fire coverage" means.
That's really bullying the 'Japanese'.
Faced with the situation where the Japanese army was divided into several defensive positions to fight independently, Tang Daojiang's security battalion and the 67th Army's security battalion also formed attack teams with infantry platoons as units.
In addition to the 6 25mm machine guns captured by the cavalry battalion, Tang Dao currently has the heavy firepower of 12 machine guns and 4 mortars, so Tang Dao allocated some of its troops to form a new fire support force.
Whenever the infantry had needs, this 200-man fire support force would bring up at least two machine guns and heavy machine guns, regardless of whether they would release a wave of firepower first. It was the most enjoyable battle for the soldiers of the two battalions.
Especially for the six captured 25mm machine guns, the Japanese army, a 'tycoon', actually prepared 500 rounds of shells for each gun.
This time, everything was turned back on the Japanese soldiers themselves in an almost cathartic way by the Chinese soldiers.
How do you say that?
"If you are rich, you will be covered with firepower; if you are poor, you will be devious and interspersed!"
The Chinese soldiers did not become frustrated because they suddenly became the side with superior firepower, nor did they give up on their "poverty".
After the circuitous interweaving of fire coverage and cover, submachine guns and shell guns became the last nightmare for the Japanese artillerymen facing them at close range.
Whether it is the Nanfang 14 pistol or the Type 38 rifle, these two continuous-fire firearms equipped by Chinese soldiers are at an absolute disadvantage.
But no one expected that the absolute disadvantage would lead to a one-sided situation.
According to Japanese statistics after the war, not counting the battlefields where Colonel Hisashi Omura first came into contact with the Chinese, the number of artillerymen who died in various positions in the rear of the 3rd Artillery Regiment alone was as high as 4,000, with a battle fatality rate as high as two-thirds.
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However, Tang Dao reported to the headquarters that a total of 189 soldiers were killed and 170 injured on the battlefield of the annihilation of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade. This means that the Japanese artillerymen spent 4,000 lives in exchange for no more than 200 casualties of Chinese soldiers.
The astonishing battle loss ratio of 20 to 1 is not only a gap in equipment, but also a huge gap in tactical literacy.
The Japanese artillerymen lived such a comfortable life that they had obviously forgotten that this was a battlefield, and their enemies were not only artillerymen, but also people with guns.
After the war, the Japanese Army learned the hard way and once again strictly ordered that artillery must be protected by infantry. The artillery must also conduct infantry military training from time to time, and everyone must be equipped with rifles to avoid being attacked by Chinese infantry again, which will be nailed to the pillar of shame.
A battle loss ratio of 20 to 1.
But these words are easy to say, but in practice they are not that difficult. The inner resistance of the technical arms is only one of them, and more importantly, it makes the unsustainable logistics supply even worse.
It is already extremely difficult to supply the infantry with enough supplies. The artillerymen actually have to carry guns like the infantry. You are out of your mind when you say this! The Japanese army general in charge of logistics is not even close.
Pointing at the bald man and scolding the bald man.
Of course, the Japanese Army Headquarters was in a quarrel because of this military order. That was a story later. The position of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade was also in a quarrel at this moment.
However, the Japanese army's position was eroded visibly to the naked eye, until Sumita Raishiro, the unlucky boy, finally woke up completely.
I am afraid that the Chinese are not just planning to blow up artillery and seize artillery, but also want to kill all the elite artillerymen trained by the empire at great expense in manpower and material resources in this wilderness, and finally issued a military order for the entire army to retreat on their own.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
As Tang Dao issued the military order for the final general attack, the cavalrymen of the cavalry battalion mounted their horses again and pursued and killed the Japanese artillerymen in the wilderness who had completely lost their protection and their will to fight.
It was no longer a rout, but an escape.
The entire 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade had more than 7,400 troops before nightfall. When counted at the assembly point after dawn, there were only more than 600 people. It was not until several hours later that hundreds more people gradually returned to the team.
Another day passed, and more soldiers returned to the army. In the end, only about 2,000 people remained, and more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in this dark night sneak attack.
Not counting the loss of 72 large-caliber artillery pieces, the loss of personnel alone was enough to eclipse the Japanese generals in the Songhu Theater in China.
And the commander of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, Major General Raishiro Sumita, did not break his promise. Just as he said in his farewell message, he died on the position he held firm.
However, Sumita Raishiro, who became the lieutenant general commander of the Japanese Army's First Army in the past time and space, did not die in the hands of Chinese soldiers. After giving the military order for the entire army to break out on their own, he cut his own throat with a knife in the trench.
belly.
However, because the major general's collar badge, command knife, and brigade flag were all taken away by his close staff officer, almost no one knew who the guy whose belly was cut open was.
In the dark night, countless pairs of Chinese feet stepped over the Japanese Army Major General, and no one glanced at him.
It was not until an hour later that the Chinese had left the position that was still burning with the afterglow of fire swaying in the autumn wind. The silence on the position filled with dead bodies was frightening. Only then did Sumita Raishiro breathe his last in solitude.
The lives of an army major general, an army colonel, and more than 5,000 Japanese artillerymen were not all the losses of the Japanese army that night.
Because, 6 kilometers away, the 36th Infantry Brigade, which was rushing towards this direction in light armor, also encountered people blocking them.
That was the most brutal and bloody battle of the night.
The moon, perhaps because it couldn't bear to witness this battlefield that made gods and demons tremble, also got into the dark clouds early.
The light on the battlefield is all brought by the light of illumination bombs and various tracer bullets piercing the night sky.
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