The Japanese MCC Regiment has three infantry brigades, two heavy artillery squadrons, and one heavy machine gun squadron. A total of more than 4,000 people.
The village's brigade was completely wiped out by Dragon Boat Festival outside Changshu City. Dragon Boat Festival also sent a fake distress telegram to the village.
The MCC Japanese were eager to rescue the village brigade, leaving only a small amount of infantry to protect the baggage and heavy firearms, and then led the brigade to Changshu to rescue the village brigade.
Since it was a forced march, the heavy weapons they brought were limited. More than ten trucks were speeding in front of them, while the remaining Japanese soldiers could only follow the cars and eat dust.
The five-kilometer rapid march took the Japanese army nearly sixteen minutes.
When they arrived outside Changshu, many Japanese soldiers were so tired that they collapsed on the grass by the roadside.
The MCC Japs got out of the car because he could no longer hear the gunshots coming from the direction of Changshu.
At this time, he was extremely worried, because the sound of gunfire stopped and there were only two possibilities.
The first possibility was that the village had repelled the enemy troops and stood firm on the high ground outside Changshu City. The other possibility, which he least wanted to see, was that the village team was no longer there.
It was hard for MCC to believe that this was true, because it was the strength of an entire brigade. And in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the village brigade, he mobilized 12 80mm caliber mortars and gave them to the village.
He really couldn't imagine that the 44th Division had such strength and courage.
He sent a reconnaissance team to investigate, but what came back was news that made him even more angry. Major Motomura and more than two hundred imperial soldiers under his command were actually hung in the woods by Chinese footbinding cloths.
This is Chi Guoguo's provocation and an insult to the Japanese Empire.
The MCC Japs were furious. Although he also felt that the enemy was deliberately provoking him, he still wanted to go and meet with this Chinese commander who could annihilate the whole village brigade.
It can be said that everything is incredible. Is this village a pig? How could he be killed outside Changshu so easily? What methods did the enemy use?
If he doesn't see it with his own eyes, he won't believe it.
Of course, he also wanted to be careful of making the same mistake again. He ordered his troops to deploy in full range, and sent two squadrons to each of the left and right wings for defense to prevent the enemy from making sneak attacks from both wings. And he led the rest of the Japs, about five squadrons, in the center
Set up a battle position.
Eight 80mm caliber mortars and six 70mm caliber mortars were lined up in front of the formation.
The MCC Japs took a few steps forward and shouted loudly toward the mountain: "I am MCC, the commander of the 16th Division, 30th Brigade, and 38th Regiment of the Empire of Japan. Who is the commander on the mountain?
Who? I am very interested in your tactics. Can you come out and meet me? Of course, if you are too timid, just pretend I didn’t say anything!"
"Hahaha!"
"Coward of China, do you dare to come out?"
MCC's men laughed at him.
However, when all the Japs were laughing, Duanwu stepped on the front line of the position, holding a loudspeaker in his hand and shouted: "Little Japs, what are you so crazy about? I was the one who killed this village brigade."
.What can you do? Come up and bite me if you have the guts? You are a bunch of trash and wimps. Didn’t Matsui Iwane teach you what bushido is? You should rush up like a samurai instead of barking at the foot of the mountain. Do you understand?
"
"idiot!"
The MCC devil was very angry, but he still pretended to be polite and said: "Sir, can you tell me your name? In the hands of MCC, there is an immortal and unknown person."
Duanwu looked at Zhongyecang with contempt and said: "Colonel Commander of the Eighty-Eighth Division Independent Regiment - Duanwu. I fought the battle at Sihang Warehouse, I robbed the prisoner of war camp, I robbed the Izumo, and the Yoshida detachment
You were destroyed by me. And today, I will destroy your 38th Regiment under Changshu City. Now, do you understand?"
"Nani?"
MCC was surprised, because how could he not know the name Dragon Boat Festival?
In the battle of Sihang Warehouse, the imperial army lost nearly 5,000 people. In the prisoner of war camp, the defenders were shot execution-style.
At the dock port, hundreds of imperial soldiers were shattered, and the Izumo was captured.
The empire sent three fleets to intercept, two fleets were completely annihilated, and one fleet suffered heavy losses. This kind of performance made Duanwu the most wanted criminal by the Shanghai Expeditionary Force.
Matsui Iwane even offered a reward of 200,000 yuan for the head of the Dragon Boat Festival.
He once announced to the entire army that if they encounter the Dragon Boat Festival, they will kill this man at all costs.
So it can be seen from this that Matsui Iwane hates the Dragon Boat Festival.
However, the Xiejiaqiao and Yoshida detachments were completely wiped out, and MCC Cang really didn’t know that it was Duanwu who did it.
"Baga! Bombard me! Bombard me!"
MCC shouted orders. But at this moment, Duanwu just waved his hand, but the artillery of the 44th Division had already taken action.
The Dragon Boat Festival will never give the Japanese a chance to take action first.
Although it is not necessarily the strongest to strike first, striking first will definitely give you an advantage.
Sure enough, even though it was just a test firing, one of the Japs' mortars was killed. The huge explosion directly involved more than a dozen Japs artillerymen.
The other artillery shell was only thirty meters away from the MCC warehouse. The old devil checked the MCC warehouse and found that it was not taken away by one shot. He was so frightened that he rolled and crawled and was rescued by his own men.
At the same time, the Japanese central army was spreading everywhere, and the artillery on the top of the mountain was attacking the Japanese indiscriminately, firing rapidly.
This kind of bombardment has no target, so the Japanese have no way to dodge. They can only gamble their luck not to hit the shell next second.
Of course, the Japanese artillerymen were not just a bunch of drunkards. They also threw the shells into the barrel in a hurry. A wave of shells also fell on the mountain.
However, due to the Japanese's hasty shooting, the hit rate was not high, and only one shell landed on the top of the mountain. But at this time, except for a company of soldiers from the 44th Division who were stationed in the front, there were only more than a hundred artillerymen.
The remaining members of the 44th Division were arranged by Duanwu to the back of the mountain.
They cut away the soil vertically along the mountain, forming a narrow foothold in a ring around the mountain. The Japanese's artillery shells could not hit here at all. Even if they crossed the top of the mountain, they could only hit the bottom of the mountain.
Therefore, the first round of bombardment by the little Japanese had no effect at all.
Duanwu gave a loud order: "Find a few artillerymen with a high hit rate to attack the Japanese artillery first. Whether you can win this artillery battle depends on you. Kill the Japanese artillery and force the Japanese to fight us head-on."
,quick!"
"yes!"
The artillery of the 44th Division has never fought such a brave battle. In previous battles, the officers lived by counting artillery shells. Because except for the direct descendants of the Central Army, no army is rich. The artillery shells are missing one by one. Even some
When all the shells are used up, there is no place to replenish them.
Because at that time, the Chinese army had too many artillery models. They were from various countries. Some of the artillery were older than our grandparents. The cannons had been discontinued, let alone the shells?
Therefore, the artillery shells are one less than one. When all the cannon shells are used up, the artillery bought at a high price will be reduced to a pile of scrap metal! ...