Lieutenant Colonel Takumi Tanaka, deputy commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, who leads the 3rd Infantry Group, has not failed to make efforts.
After learning about the death of Colonel Ishiguro Sadzo in battle, the Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel who was commanding the 3rd Infantry Battalion immediately issued what he believed to be the most correct military order - the entire army to evacuate!
The Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel was decisive enough, but he was still not as good as his superiors. One broke out on his own, and the other evacuated. Both seemed to be running away, but the forms were completely different.
Tanaka Takumi hoped that the 2nd Infantry Regiment would still have a chance to make a comeback, and at least ensure that an infantry brigade would leave the battlefield in an organized manner.
Therefore, he ordered the three infantry squadrons of the regiment escort squadron that had burned the regiment flag to stay behind and be responsible for blocking the Chinese army 600 meters away from the 3rd Infantry Group. The rest followed the remaining 400 people of the 3rd Infantry Group.
Including various communication, medical and baggage personnel of the wing headquarters, the total number reached more than 600, and they retreated hastily to the north.
This is indeed the heroism of a strong man breaking his wrist, but for this Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel, he is actually not selfless, and even puts his selfishness on the table. The Wing Headquarters Guard Squadron is naturally the confidant of the deceased Colonel Ishiguro Sadzo, and will
They stayed on this battlefield to cut off the remaining troops of the entire regiment, which undoubtedly cut off Ishiguro Sadazou's last wings. When the 2nd Infantry Regiment is rebuilt, Lieutenant Colonel Tanaka Takumi will undoubtedly be able to control this new infantry regiment effortlessly.
Team.
As for how to hold people accountable after the war, it would naturally be Ishiguro Sadō, the captain of the Colonel-General's Regiment, who would take the blame. But he was already shattered on the spot, and no one could bother another dead man. On the contrary, Tanaka Takumi could eventually bring hundreds of people with him.
People's withdrawal from the battlefield is a merit but no fault.
It can only be said that this lieutenant commander, who is usually cautious and never shows off under Ishiguro Sadazou, is very smart and can consider the future at such a critical moment of life and death.
The great wisdom was to shoot oneself in the foot. The more than 140 people in the regiment escort squadron who were forced to stay by the military order were demoralized, and their combat effectiveness was less than half of their usual strength. What's worse, their enemy's reaction was much stronger than theirs.
Leng Feng, commander of the third battalion, keenly noticed the changes on the battlefield and immediately changed from defense to offense.
On the frontal battlefield, the 8th Company covered the fire support company and slowly moved forward to suppress the enemy in the front, while Li Jijin's 7th Company quickly circled from the flanks and approached the Japanese defense line.
In an area 300 meters close to the Japanese defense line, Leng Feng not only ordered the six mortar squads under his command to bombard the Japanese trench area, but also specially fired up the first and second battalions to request their mortar squads to provide fire support to him.
Lei Xiong and Guo Shouzhi had basically entered the battlefield cleaning stage. They refused the third battalion's request for help. A total of 18 82-caliber mortars bombarded the area where the 140 Japanese soldiers, whose morale was already low, were covered by fire for 5 minutes.
Nearly 300 rounds of artillery shells were poured out, and the ridiculously simple trenches that had been destroyed by mountain artillery and 150 mortars were filled with howls of ghosts and wolves.
This is the advantage of mortars. If it is replaced by a bunker or concrete fortification, the small-caliber mortar shells will only make a small hole at most. But for this kind of temporarily dug simple trench that is no more than half a person deep, it is almost impossible.
The vertically falling mortar shells were a powerful weapon. Even if there were trenches as cover, the Japanese infantry would suffer more than 50 casualties within five minutes of fire coverage.
Of course, what really defeated the Japanese army was not the artillery, but the people.
Five minutes are enough for the infantry on the frontal battlefield to crawl forward 200 meters, approaching the desperate 100 meters. If it were not for the fear of being accidentally injured by one's own artillery shells, the sharp knife squad of the 8th company could advance to 40 meters now.
An area where grenades can be thrown is now available.
When the mortars stopped firing and the Japanese infantrymen wanted to fight back, they found in despair that the Chinese had set up more than 15 heavy machine guns more than 400 meters away to suppress them with firepower. Bullets rained down like raindrops, and any firepower point was blocked.
Shooting to suppress the opponent's infantry's resolute advance will be suppressed by several heavy machine guns, and all bravery will be lost in the hail of bullets.
As soon as the grenadier soldiers fired grenades to counterattack, a bunch of grenades flew quickly. Now, an infantry squad of the Four Row Regiment is equipped with one grenade, and an infantry company has up to 10 grenades, which is far more than the 6 grenades in a Japanese infantry squadron.
The size of the grenade.
In terms of superiority in light and heavy firepower on the ground, today's Fourth Line Regiment completely surpasses an infantry regiment of the Japanese army, let alone most of the infantry squadrons with low morale.
However, in order to avoid heavy casualties, the nine infantry squads of the 8th Company were not too eager to crawl to the bombing area to launch the final attack. Instead, they crawled 70 or 80 meters away to suppress the Japanese army with various continuous firepower.
If on the frontal battlefield, the remaining 80 or 90 Japanese soldiers could barely hold on for a while, then as Li Jijin's Seventh Company detoured to the left wing, they resolutely used six grenade-covering attacks to shatter the enemy.
After they fired desperately at a point of light machine gun fire, the Japanese defense line collapsed.
A dozen submachine gunners who jumped into the trenches fired in an alternating manner. When one submachine gun emptied the magazine, they immediately replaced it with another submachine gun. They advanced almost using bullets to open a path. All Japanese soldiers who wanted to resist were beaten into a sieve.
This is the most typical Japanese infantry attack method. On the frontal battlefield, firepower is used to suppress and attract the opponent's firepower, and a breakthrough is formed on the two-wing battlefield.
The Third Battalion could be regarded as treating others in their own way, even better than the Japanese army themselves. The suppressed Japanese army on the front battlefield could not even lift their heads, and the thunderous battlefield on the flanks did not allow the Japanese army to remedy the situation at all.
Opportunity.
The unstoppable momentum on the flank battlefield had already made the Japanese soldiers feel heartbroken, but the last straw that broke the camel's back was the voice that frightened them.
"Tick-tock! Tick-tock!" The charge horn sounded from the 8th Company.
The infantrymen jumped up and charged towards the remnants of the enemy in the trenches. The last desperate counterattack by the Japanese infantry only caused a dozen Chinese soldiers to fall on the charging road.
This is the most elite escort squadron of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. Under siege by an infantry battalion of the Fourth Infantry Regiment, they had a complete line of defense and could not hold on for more than ten minutes, and the casualties they caused would never exceed 20.
There was no brutal hand-to-hand combat. The 7th and 8th companies charging were equipped with a large number of shell guns and submachine guns. The shit-yellow military uniforms were filled with bullets.
However, the elite are the elite. Although the resistance time and the casualties caused to the opponent were far lower than expected, and there was still a feeling of unwillingness to be sent to the "slaughterhouse" by Tanaka Takumi, the deputy commander, none of the remaining Japanese troops surrendered.
He was so weak that even the wounded tried to resist with guns in hand.
This just suits the wishes of the Chinese soldiers. They are all veterans who have been on the battlefield. They will never have the kindness of Cheng Dakui who has just come into contact with life and death at close range. He has no intention of approaching for inspection, even if he is lying on the ground covered in blood.
, it is often necessary to take two additional shots to ensure safety.
On the final battlefield, the battle was resolved in just three minutes, and no Japanese soldier was left alive.
The two infantry companies had no time to harvest their own results. After finishing the battlefield, they continued to rush forward. There was still a final battle waiting for them ahead.
It was a cavalry company led by Tang Dao himself, which blocked more than 700 deserters led by Tanaka Takumi.
Originally, the accidental death of Ishiguro Sadzo delayed the 2nd Infantry Regiment's final escape for five minutes. However, Tanaka Takumi, a brilliant man, continued to issue orders and regroup the troops, which delayed another few minutes, giving the cavalry company a rare ten minutes.
Ten minutes were enough for the soldiers of the cavalry company to dig out the simplest individual bunkers with individual engineer shovels carried on their horses.
It doesn't need to be too complicated, and there are no sandbags. Just pile the excavated soil in front of people to form a thick bunker. It can't block heavy machine gun bullets but can slow down rifle bullets. That's better than crawling in the wilderness without any cover.
The cavalry had already driven their horses 300 meters away. The lances and light machine guns and grenade launchers carried by the horses were enough to turn them into a light infantry company. That is to say, this time they mainly attacked the Japanese artillery. Otherwise, they
I will definitely bring heavy machine guns and mortars.
But even so, a 600-meter-long defense line composed of 186 people is not so easy to break.
The last 700 men of the 2nd Infantry Regiment led by Tanaka Takumi were blocked.
If the Japanese army lieutenant colonel recognized the situation early and ordered each unit to break out on their own, there might still be a glimmer of hope, and at least one third of the troops could escape the battlefield.
After all, in order to block the retreat of the Japanese army, the cavalry company gave up its most proud mobility, and the main force of the Fourth Army Regiment over there is still at least 2,000 meters away from here. As long as you keep your mouth shut, open your legs, and compete in endurance running
, the Japanese infantry with short legs but strong bodies have a high chance of escaping from this nightmare battlefield for them.
Unfortunately, he had always dreamed of becoming a regimental captain and wanted so much to retain the last remaining soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Regiment that it had almost become his obsession.
Therefore, as soon as they arrived at the battlefield, the Japanese infantry, under his crazy military orders, charged towards the prepared defense line of the cavalry company.
It was a desperate charge of nearly 400 soldiers from more than two infantry squadrons, and it was also the last desperate struggle of the Japanese!
Although Tanaka Takumi made a big mistake, he was still an experienced Japanese army officer after all. He knew that if he did not fight hard at this time and waited for the Chinese from afar to catch up, he might not even have a chance to fight.
Therefore, he used up the last capital of his 3rd Infantry Group from the very beginning, and nearly 400 infantrymen charged desperately under the cover of the only three remaining heavy machine guns.
Judging from the actual battlefield, this is a very correct tactic. There have been successful cases in history of breaking the boat and fighting to the death, and the opponent only has less than 200 people and does not have any heavy weapons.
Maybe this round of desperate charge can still kill these 200 Chinese, thus obtaining the most brilliant result of the 2nd Infantry Regiment in this huge defeat.
But the battlefield is not like love. What matters is not the process but the ending. The tragic ending will make future military historians around the world regard Tanaka Takumi's military order as the battlefield known as the "Battle of Bihe" in history.
One of the more stupid military orders.
Because what he faced was not ordinary infantry, but a group of Chinese cavalry who were required to hit a target 150 meters away while running at high speed on horseback.
They may not be as good as infantry in all aspects such as battlefield movement and fortification, but when it comes to marksmanship, their average level is definitely far higher than that of ordinary infantry.
Especially when the Japanese infantry launched the "Banzai Charge" regardless of the situation, 170 lances opened fire one after another at the 200-meter area.
In just one round of shooting, more than 80 Japanese soldiers fell on the charging road. The hit rate was frighteningly high.
The Japanese soldiers who had not received the order to withdraw were all frightened, but they could only bend down and continue to charge wildly. Then, they could only tragically be shot to death as if they were being shot alive.
By the time they reached the area about 130 meters away, no one could rush forward as fearlessly as before, and they all fell down.
It's not that they were all killed, but that the Chinese only fired two rounds of fire, and less than half of the 400 people fell. With such a battle loss rate, anyone who jumps up and runs is looking for death.
Daring to die and rushing to die are two different concepts, aren't they?
At this time, the Japanese army could only suppress the firepower of the Chinese army's defense line with a heavy machine gun, which did not pose much of a threat to the Chinese.
The reason is simple. The Chinese have a sharpshooter that is beyond everyone's imagination.
Separated by a distance of more than 400 meters and covered by grass, the two heavy machine guns fired no more than 100 rounds each. The Chinese sharpshooters miraculously found their position and fatally shot the shooter.
The main shooter dies, the secondary shooter steps up, and then one second later, the secondary shooter also dies.
Heavy machine gunners are all professionally trained. It does not mean that one person can hold the handle of a gun and shoot. What's more, there are our own people charging ahead. One of our own people may be shot to death more than the Chinese.
The heavy machine gun is still there, but the shooter is gone...
This is really a sad thing. The Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel's eyes were red. If it weren't for a group of people who forced him to do it, Lieutenant Colonel Tanaka Takumi would really have the urge to become a heavy machine gun shooter himself.
After all, when he was a commander in chief, he also had the experience of operating a heavy machine gun, and his military spirit was still there.
But to be honest, he has to thank his boss. If Ishiguro Sadzo hadn't left such a big loophole and asked Tang Dao to lead the cavalry company to kill the "little cabbages" in the artillery squadron, Tang Dao would have brought Erya with him.
And Erya will definitely be carrying the Mosin Nagant with a scope on her back.
As for Tanaka Takumi, this unlucky kid, there are so many people around him, and even with a steady eye, you can tell that this guy is a big guy. A distance of 500 meters is really not a difficult task for Tang Dao.
Without the threat of heavy machine guns, the Japanese soldiers who were lying on the ground and trying hard to attack the cavalry company's defense line were almost playing a shooting game with the cavalry company.
Both sides are examples of precision shooting. The only difference is that the cavalry company has bunkers as cover, while the Japanese have none.
If you keep shooting like this, it will be obvious who will die the most.
The battlefield fell into a brief stalemate!
But that was obviously extremely detrimental to the Japanese army.
Because of the distance, Yang Xiaoshan also surrounded us from the side with his three engineer platoons and twelve heavy machine guns from the 2nd Artillery Company.
Yang Xiaoshan was very smart and knew that the combat effectiveness of the engineers he led was far inferior to that of the Japanese army. They might not be able to stop the crazy attack of the Japanese army who were eager to escape, so he desperately dug fortifications 600 meters away from the sight of the Japanese army.
This is really the strength of engineers.
More than 100 engineers from three engineering platoons dug a trench almost visible to the naked eye, and the excavated earth was piled with seven or eight sandbags fortifications!
If the Japanese want to attack them again, they don't need engineers. Just the twelve heavy machine guns can let the Japanese know what "why there are so many bullets"!
"It's over!" Tanaka Takumi, who was looking around with a telescope, wailed in pain, tears streaming down his face.
The originally blazing gunfire from behind stopped!
There are Chinese people blocking the front and flanks. Where can he go with hundreds of people?
Unable to run away, we can only defend in place and use the civil engineering work that the Imperial Japanese Army is very good at.
A group of Japanese, defended by infantry and under the watchful eye of Chinese cavalry and engineers, stopped making unnecessary attacks and began to dig trenches, intending to make a last-ditch counterattack.
This is stupid fucking opening the door to stupidity---extremely stupid!
This is the most unified definition given to Tanaka Takumi by later military historians.
Because there are cases of relying on civil fortifications for defense, but that is when the opponent does not have large-caliber artillery.
As for the Four Elements Group, what is missing?
Obviously there is no shortage. Not to mention 6 150-meter heavy artillery pieces, even 2 can kill the Japanese like marmots in the trenches.
"Send in four 150-meter mortars from the 1st artillery company, and in addition, send in four more infantry guns!" Looking at the Japanese actions, Tang Dao smiled.
"Pang Dahai will definitely say that the Japanese are really annoying and a waste of my artillery shells!" Gong Shaoxun laughed.
"The bastard Japanese, you are stupid and want to bring trouble to me!" Pang Panghai, who received the military order on the south bank of Bihe River, gritted his teeth.
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