Because the battle is not over yet, the Chinese and Japanese sides who have fallen into madness only have eyes on the opponent who is close to Chi Chi. Killing the opponent is the only idea. Then will they have time to count their own casualties?
The first battalion, one company and one platoon were reduced by up to half during the third Japanese charge. All the seriously injured soldiers had no time to evacuate to the second line of defense, and up to 200 Japanese troops rushed to the position.
At the request of the veteran named Yang, whose leg was broken by a heavy machine gun, all the few grenades were left for the wounded soldiers!
Seven continuous puffs of gunpowder smoke blew up a dozen Japanese soldiers who jumped into the trench, causing them to roll all over the ground. They also blew away the last bit of courage the Japanese soldiers mustered up. The Chinese soldiers on the position were all covered in blood, and they were almost gone.
There is no way to tell who is alive and who is dead.
And in this situation where a fierce battle is going on, to recharge a 'corpse' is definitely an act that will send you to the gate of hell. But if you don't refill the gun, the 'corpse' may turn into a life-threatening bomb at any time!
It's really too difficult.
In the end, less than one-third of the three infantry platoons on the front line were able to retreat to the second line of defense. Comrade Lao Kong's eyes were so red that they almost bled!
That was his sharp knife company. It fought with the Japanese army for just half a year, and the total loss was less than one-fifth. However, this battle turned out to be good, leaving only one-third for him, and his capital was almost wiped out.
However, the crazy Japanese army did not give the future general of one of the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle any more time to feel heartbroken. They relied on their offensive to conquer the first line of trenches and continuously launched attacks towards the second line of defense.
During the Japanese army's third charge, the two heavy machine guns of the first battalion were blown to pieces by the two Japanese infantry cannons!
In order to deal with the two most threatening firepower points of the Chinese side, the two Japanese infantry cannons not only fired nearly 100 rounds of artillery shells without stopping, but even the grenadiers came as close as more than 100 meters to the front of the battlefield.
More than 6 grenade launchers frantically bombarded the heavy machine gun fire point more than 500 meters away.
The destruction of the two heavy machine guns was also the main reason why the Japanese infantry rushed into the front-line trenches!
However, the seriously injured Chinese soldiers who were too late to evacuate turned their bodies into bombs and merged with their positions, blocking the Japanese offensive!
According to post-war statistics, there were as many as 16 wounded people in the entire front-line trenches who chose to die with the Japanese troops. After they were reported to the 921st Division headquarters, the division headquarters was shocked.
Because of this article alone, these 16 martyrs are eligible to apply for first-class merit, and a company can apply for 16 first-class merit, and this does not include those who performed outstandingly in the battle, such as the one who suffered three gunshot wounds and still refused.
Evacuating the second lieutenant platoon leader who was fighting on the front line, such as the private who stabbed two Japanese soldiers to death with a bayonet and successfully evacuated with the injured platoon leader on his back, is really beyond the scope of everyone's understanding.
Therefore, the 921st Division Headquarters even sent a working group to verify the battlefield statistics of the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment!
The results of the verification shocked the entire headquarters of the 921 Division. It is said that after listening to the serious-toned report from the leader of the verification team, the two chief officers and several deputy chief officers of the 921 Division took off their hats and paid tribute to the martyrs who had sacrificed their lives.
They held a moment of silence, saluted the commander of the 769th Regiment, whose face was already full of tears, and said the famous words that should have been paid tribute to the unit by the general after more than ten years, when it had been upgraded to the Long Live Army: "
The martyrs will live forever! The Chinese people will never forget you! Long live all the commanders and fighters of 769 who are fighting on the front line!"
Long live the army, enjoying their glory more than ten years in advance!
But, this is all obtained by sacrifice. Perhaps, this is not the glory they want!
But when war comes, what can they do? They are not social elites. They have never seen much of the world in their lives. If it were not for the dream of having enough food for themselves and their families, most of them would probably
The furthest you can go is a town dozens of miles away from the village.
Burning yourself is the only thing they, the most ordinary soldiers, can do when a crisis comes.
No wonder these elders, who are used to seeing cruel things, would be so shocked!
The evidence shown to the verification team was very simple. They were the remains of soldiers! The huge power of the long-handled grenade almost tore the human body apart. There were dozens of wounds on each person's body. The blood had long been drained, and the body was shockingly pale. If
Not at close range, it is impossible to achieve such an effect!
Long wooden handle grenades are only equipped by the Chinese army. The Japanese melon grenades may cause a lot of shrapnel damage, but the explosive power is far inferior.
In the end, after the entire Jindong War, although the 683 brigade made great achievements in the battle, 1,500 Japanese troops were wiped out in the battle of Shentou Ridge alone, not to mention the battle of Beiganling, but the number of first-class battle merits was not as much as one battalion of the 769 regiment!
It's not that the battalion fought too badly, but that it should be the first time in the past six months that a unit of the entire Eighty Group Army, with roughly equal strength, tied with the Japanese army with artillery in the field.
This is a battle situation that rarely occurs among the direct line troops who are well-equipped!
This gave the entire Eightyth Army greater confidence that the Japanese army was not invincible!
The five consecutive rounds of desperate charges organized by Komura Hiroshi were not without results. He captured the first line of defense for the third time. Although he was blocked again for the fifth time, if he did it again, he was sure that he would definitely defeat the already shaky Chinese people.
The defense line is broken, and the final victory must belong to them.
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In fact, the Japanese Army's Shao Zuo's premonition was correct. Because the Japanese army charged in five consecutive waves, the first battalion was forced to consume a large amount of ammunition. It basically reached the point of running out of ammunition and food. After calculating the last bullets and firing them all,
, on average, there are only three bullets for every two soldiers!
That means that after two rounds of shooting, you can engage in hand-to-hand combat with bayonets. Even Comrade Lao Kong carried a rifle. His beloved shell gun became a decoration in the third round of Japanese charges!
It's a pity that time didn't give Hiro Komura this opportunity!
Just when the Japanese army organized the last 200 people, and even the light machine gunners and grenadiers joined the infantry and had advanced to a charging distance of nearly 60 meters from the second-line position, a loud charge suddenly came from the hills behind.
Trumpet!
Thunder from the ground! This is roughly what it says.
The moment the charge horn sounded "Didi, Tick, Tick!", both the Chinese and Japanese soldiers were stunned. For the first time, both sides made the same emoticon - looking at the distant hills in disbelief.
Hundreds of meters away, countless gray military uniforms poured out, and then rushed towards the position like a tide. The shouts had already suppressed the gunshots and explosions on the position.
"Withdraw!" Hiro Komura gritted his molars and made the wisest decision in his life.
The Japanese army retreated like a tide. They didn't even have time to carry away the corpses left on the battlefield. The entire army ran away and retreated extremely resolutely.
This is also a manifestation of the loss of courage.
The fierce battle with the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment for an hour had already shattered their former pride.
The Chinese troops were even smaller than theirs, without any artillery, and their only two heavy machine guns had been destroyed long ago. They were almost pure infantry, but they still kept them out of the position.
In fact, even the red-eyed Komura Hiro had some doubts. Even if he could finally conquer the position or even annihilate the Chinese army, how many of his men would be left alive?
Perhaps, he will become the most tragic young left-level captain of the 108th Division even though it won the final victory!
He even suspected that no matter he won or lost, he would be scolded, but that might still be the best outcome.
But no matter what, the Japanese Army young leftist, who was almost losing confidence after being beaten by the First Battalion, made the wisest decision at this moment.
As long as it was two minutes later, neither he nor the remaining 200 Japanese soldiers would be able to leave.
Because what came was an entire infantry regiment, the main regiment under the 683 brigade - the 772 regiment!
Not only were they all fully staffed, but also because of the arrival of the Four Lines Regiment, there were three more all-Japanese infantry companies, and even a 37mm combat anti-cannon, which Comrade "Wang Xiaoqiang" stayed at the brigade headquarters for three days.
, got it hard from Brigadier Cheng.
However, the battle defense artillery and the artillery platoon in charge of the artillery did not belong to the 772nd Regiment, but were temporarily seconded to the 772nd Regiment. But that was enough to satisfy the two chief officers of the 772nd Regiment who returned from the division headquarters.
These two people didn't expect that after just one month of seeing each other, the 772th Regiment would come to replace the guns with guns. Not only would they have three more infantry companies with brand-new equipment, but they would also have an artillery that could hit tanks!
The four combat anti-cannons sent by the Si Xing Regiment are very delicious. Not to mention the regiment-level unit of the 772 Regiment, even the 683 Brigade may not be able to keep it. It was originally destined to be transferred by the division headquarters.
, but because the 683 brigade was about to fight the battle of Shentou Ridge, the two elders of the division decided to temporarily leave the four guns in the 683 brigade.
And the chief officer of the 683rd Brigade was not an extraordinary person. He immediately established a brigade artillery company. The personnel were all carefully selected, and the instructors were all provided by the Fourth Army Regiment. Because there were enough artillery shells, he was like an oil seller: without him,
Only if you are familiar with it!
In half a month, each cannon fired nearly 200 rounds of live ammunition, feeding out the already somewhat basic gunners.
You said, based on the current strength of the 772nd Regiment, not to mention that Hiro Komura's current total strength, including two infantry cannons and a heavy machine gun squad, does not exceed 300. Even when he was at his peak strength, he would probably be defeated by Tuba, who had more than 2,000 troops.
'The first fighting group was pressed to the ground and rubbed.
Until this moment, the blocking battle named Banbi Mountain in the future is over!
Post-war casualty statistics, the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment: 196 officers and soldiers were killed, 148 were seriously injured, and 162 were slightly injured.
The total strength of the 1st Battalion participating in this battle was just over 500, which meant that everyone was injured. Even Comrade Kong, the elder of the 1st Battalion, had blood dripping on his arms. When he saw the three chief officers of the 772nd Regiment, he even saluted
Neither can be done.
The reason is that the three chief officers of the 772nd Regiment, including Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang, who always stared at him and competed with him, took the initiative to pay military salutes to his "subordinate" after seeing the battlefield littered with corpses.
This battlefield is really too brutal.
Glancing over the relatively vast battlefield, you can see blood and corpses everywhere. Gray and shit yellow overlap, becoming the only two main colors in the entire battlefield.
Afterwards, a count showed that not counting those taken away by the Japanese army, the number of corpses left by the Japanese army on the battlefield alone exceeded 200. This means that in terms of battle deaths, the Chinese and Japanese sides fought 1 to 1 in this narrow encounter in the field.
A battle loss ratio of 1.
This is not an ambush or a surprise attack, it's a pure head-to-head confrontation, death for death!
The results of the battle are brilliant, but the blood is disappointing!
Comrade Lao Kong was such a strong man. When the three chief officers of the 772nd Regiment saluted him, and he tried hard for a long time but could not raise his arm to return the salute, tears directly washed out two white lanes of black smoke on his face.
His battalion was crippled!
The combat effectiveness of the main battalion of the 769th Regiment at this time is not as good as that of a battalion of the supplementary regiment. It will not be possible to return to the previous level for at least half a year.
How should he explain this to the group leader?
What's even more painful is that there is still a cooking team and a propaganda team left at the station. When they set off, they beat gongs and drums, expecting their brothers to return victorious from the battle.
Now, the battle has been won, but less than half of the people are gone, and nearly 200 familiar faces are gone.
Thinking of this, this strong soldier who had experienced snowy mountains and grasslands, watched helplessly as his comrades were swallowed by swamps, was knocked down by hunger and cold but was helpless, and thought he could accept all sufferings, squatted in front of several of his old comrades, crying.
like a child.
Victory is very sweet, but it is also bitter and hard to swallow!
"Lao Kong! I will definitely help your brothers get revenge, believe me!" Wang Xiaoqiang tightly hugged his old comrade's shoulders.
The 772nd Regiment left an infantry battalion to assist the 769th Regiment's 1st Battalion in cleaning the battlefield. The remaining 1,500 troops rushed towards their battlefield at high speed!
On Komura Hiro's side, the sadness in his heart was not much less than that of the Chinese soldier who was secretly sad.
Not to mention the remains of more than 200 imperial infantrymen left on the battlefield, there were nearly 60 remains that could be carried away, and nearly 100 seriously wounded. And of the remaining 200 infantrymen, everyone was injured!
In order to carry away more wounded people and remains, they were even forced to throw away a lot of baggage. The carts and pack horses were all hunched over human bodies. Regardless of the distance, they looked like a defeated army!
This is indeed the case. Judging from the outcome of the battlefield, the First Battalion and Komura Hiroshi's battalion were tied in a draw, with a battle loss of almost 1 to 1. The Chinese army showed extraordinary courage and technical and tactical levels, but the Japanese army was not bad either.
, also withstood a terrible casualty rate, and could maintain enough morale to attack until Chinese reinforcements arrived.
However, they failed to cross the defense line of the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment, and they also failed to prevent the 772th Regiment, which subsequently marched in a hurry, from reaching the battle position preset by the Chinese commander. This resulted in the main force of the Japanese army that had marched to the Beiganling area being unable to occupy the flanking high ground.
Opportunity.
Tactically speaking, this was a complete failure. At the high-level military meeting of the 108th Division after the war, Komura Hiro was pulled out to be whipped to death and became one of the main culprits of the Japanese army's defeat in this battle.
In the end, this unlucky man who had a chance to become an Army major general was stripped of all military positions and returned home in disgrace.
But obviously, the failure of this battle had far-reaching implications, and it was not something that he, a mere army sergeant, could do.
Fortunately, there was a bigger unlucky guy standing in front of him.
For example, the Japanese army leftist who strictly ordered him to attack but did not provide any substantial help.
When the 772nd Regiment arrived, the main force of the Japanese army also began to officially enter the Beiganling area. The main force of the 769th Regiment also arrived at this time because they abandoned all their baggage and only carried guns and ammunition. They ran to the highest level of light infantry on the mountain road.
The preset frontal position of Beiganling.
25 minutes later, with the arrival of the Japanese forward troops, the battle began.
The forward company of the 772nd Regiment also climbed onto the flanking high ground!
The main force of the Japanese army, which had already begun to exchange fire with the front positions in Beiganling, had lost the initiative on the battlefield, and returning home was their most correct choice at present.
But that meant that all the Japanese troops in Licheng and Shentouling were abandoned. Obviously, not only Xiong Yuan, but also the captain of the 108th Infantry Regiment, who was the supreme commander of the Japanese reinforcements at the time, could not accept that result.
Not only was the Sixth Infantry Brigade stationed in Licheng under his command, but the Japanese army commander knew better than anyone else that there was also a massive amount of gold and jewelry in Licheng that he used to bribe the general in the shroud, which he spent half a year on.
I just found it. I heard that His Excellency General Indoor Shroud is about to return to China for promotion, and there is no time to give him another half year.
As a result, the main force of the Japanese army, with more than 1,500 troops, launched their frenzied attack mode desperately.
The 10 armored 94 light tanks and as many as 10 artillery pieces of various types accompanying the army were all the confidence of the Japanese army's leftist.
The "Tuba" still use the standard rifles from fifteen years ago, and the largest caliber artillery is only a mortar. Apart from their geographical advantage, what else do they have?
Not to mention an infantry regiment, it was an infantry division. The more than 1,500 Japanese troops with pride and firepower superiority were confident of defeating them.
What's more, the mountains in the Beiganling area are not steep, and some slopes are even gentle enough that a Type 94 light tank can climb them.
In the first 20 minutes of the battle, almost all the Japanese troops were showing off their power. The Japanese artillery fire made the Taihang Mountains, which already had little vegetation, become even more bare.
