Chapter 0335 The Japanese Army Headquarters in turmoil!
The battle is the same, you attack and I defend. Duanwu doesn't like this kind of fighting method. Because such a battle has only one result, which is to consume a lot of materials and personnel.
For example, the famous Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Soviet Union were all such wars. More than one million people were killed or injured, which sounds chilling.
Therefore, if it is this kind of battle, whether there is a commander or not does not matter at all.
Fighting requires skill, avoiding the most important and choosing the easy, and creative thinking.
For example, in the Battle of Yushan, Duanwu was considered a complete victory after annihilating Chongteng's detachment. Even if he retreated or all the defenders on Yushan died, Duanwu would still have outstanding military exploits.
But Duanwu did not do this. Instead, he was looking for new fighters so that more Chinese soldiers could survive this battle.
Brook's emergency landing inspired the Dragon Boat Festival. In this forest, it distracted the attention of the Japanese army, dispersed the Japanese army's strength, and reduced the pressure on the frontal battlefield.
But this is just the beginning, because the Dragon Boat Festival's tactics have always been to continuously kill and injure the enemy until it captures the enemy's seven inches.
At this time, you can recall what we did just before the Dragon Boat Festival!
When he was on the phone with Commander Liao, he realized that the 48th Army had infiltrated the enemy's spies. Then he not only found the bug hidden in the phone, but also issued an order.
Logically speaking, when the Japanese army blocked the reinforcements heading to Yushan, they should have ordered the entire line to break through the Japanese blockade.
However, Duanwu issued an opposite order at this time, which was to take the annihilation of the Japanese blocking troops as the first goal.
Because the Japanese army rushed to block the attack, the number of people must not be large, and there was no time to build fortifications.
Under these preconditions, it was very easy to encircle and annihilate small groups of Japanese troops, or to inflict heavy losses on Japanese troops.
Although the Japanese army has strong combat capabilities and fierce firepower, its lack of time to build fortifications and insufficient troops will be their biggest weaknesses.
Moreover, although the Dragon Boat Festival was only a small change in the order, it completely ruined the little devil's plan to encircle the area and provide relief.
The 31st Brigade of the 11th Division was blocked in the Jiashan area. A Japanese brigade occupied a hilltop only 20 meters high.
They fought in a hurry and did not dig fortifications. The soldiers were lying on the mountain fighting the 31st Brigade. They only carried light weapons. The Japanese did not even have mortars, not to mention mountain artillery. They only carried grenades.
So this shows how hastily the little devil arrived.
But even so, the 31st Brigade actually suffered a loss when it first encountered the Japanese army.
The sudden appearance of the Japanese army and the heavy and light machine gun fire caused dozens of casualties in the 31st Brigade's forward troops.
Moreover, the sudden appearance of Japanese troops also made Brigadier Wang of the 31st Brigade a little confused. Because no one thought that a sure-win encirclement and annihilation battle would turn into a trap set by the Japs. He even suspected that it was
It's not that the special commissioner surrendered to the enemy.
Of course, he preferred to believe that this was just an encounter with a small group of enemies.
He ordered a regiment to annihilate the enemy and clear the way for the larger army.
However, it was not until after the fight that they discovered that the Japanese army actually had a large group and was refusing to retreat.
And his group suffered heavy losses as a result.
Because they were eager to break through, the Japanese army occupied a favorable position. After several charges, half of the battalion of the regiment was gone.
Brigadier Wang was anxious and didn't know what to do. At this moment, he received a call from Commander Liao: The intelligence was leaked and he was ordered to change his strategy to annihilate and block the Japanese troops on the spot. Slowly reinforce Yushan.
Brigadier Wang understood as soon as he heard that the news must have been leaked and his tactics had changed. He mobilized heavy artillery and bombarded the Japanese positions indiscriminately.
The 31st Brigade still has some assets. It has an artillery battalion. But it does not bring large-caliber mountain guns. What it brings is mortars, German-style 80 mm caliber mortars. This thing is as useful as a Japanese grenade.
too much.
If there is no bunker or a simple bunker, as long as the kid is within 15 meters of the explosion, there is a risk of being killed or injured.
And the little devil finally realized the aggrieved feeling of Chinese soldiers in the past. Without artillery, or the firepower is weaker than the opponent, they can only be beaten passively!
Seeing his soldiers being killed one by one, Captain Watanabe had no choice but to break his teeth and swallow blood. He hoped that the battle in Yushan would go smoothly.
But maybe he couldn't wait any longer. Brigadier Wang used heavy artillery to bombard the Japs for thirty minutes, killing at least two hundred Japs.
And the three regiments formed an encirclement, forcing the little Japanese to retreat.
The Watanabe Brigade suffered more than half of its casualties and had no choice but to retreat. However, they received a death order. During the retreat, they found a new commanding height and fought to the death with 31.
The 31st Brigade was once again blocked, but it already had experience, and thanks to Commander Liao's orders, Brigadier Wang was not in a hurry and ordered the artillery to continue firing to see how long these little devils could hold on.
At the same time, other reinforcements were similar. The 34th Independent Brigade and the 32nd Division also encountered Japanese obstruction. And especially the 32nd Division, they actually encountered two Japanese infantry brigades head-on. The two sides fought in the plain area.
Even more tragic.
There is no cover at all in the plain area, and everyone is almost shooting at each other on the same ground level.
However, the Japanese army did not have an advantage in terms of military strength, and due to the rush of time, they did not carry many heavy weapons. It was simply not possible to fight for a long time.
Therefore, the Japanese military headquarters was in a state of panic. Telegrams asking for help were everywhere.
Originally, air support could solve the urgent need. However, a Japanese flying wing has just been wiped out. It will take time to deploy bombers for reinforcements.
Matsui Iwane was so angry that he almost lost all his hair in the office.
Thirty-two planes, an entire flying wing, were completely wiped out in the Battle of Yushan.
He even felt that the air force maintained by the empire at a high price was a litter of pigs that could not even defeat two Chinese fighter jets, so you might as well commit seppuku.
So he had no planes to send, because the entire Wu-Fu line was at war. How could he have so many planes to bomb? Moreover, most of the bombs dropped by planes had to be transported from the mainland.
This all takes time.
Therefore, he could only urge the Botian detachment to capture Yushan quickly, and at all costs.
After receiving the order, the old Japanese soldier Bo Tianzhong frowned and ordered him to capture Yushan within two hours. Isn't this a joke? It would be useless even if he sent everyone there.
The terrain of Yushan is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and they also encountered tough opponents like the Independent Regiment and the 174th Division.
Of course, the most annoying thing is that there is no shortage of ammunition on the Yushan position.
Because just imagine, most of the weapons of the entire Chongteng detachment have been seized. Is there any shortage of ammunition on Yushan Mountain?
His men rushed forward several times but were blown back by their own grenades.
That kind of fragmentation grenade is very powerful. If the power of the explosion is not taken into account, it is not much different from a mortar shell. The shrapnel produced after the explosion is simply fatal to the infantry.
But the most annoying thing is that these grenades are produced in their own country.
Nakaichi Namada was ready to curse. After he finished scolding the Chinese soldiers for not practicing martial ethics and only knowing how to hide in the trenches and throwing grenades, he scolded Chiaki Shigetō for being a stupid pig. He didn't tell anyone about his own death and left such a thing for himself.
A mess.
At this time, the enemy has enough ammunition, what should he do?
Namada Chuichi was scratching his head, but he didn't want misfortunes to come singly. At this moment, a disgraced little devil ran back and told him that the entire Jichang team had been wiped out, and he was the only one to escape.
"Baga, are you all useless? Why can't you do anything well?"
Bo Tianzhong was furious, and the commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment, Mr. Zhongye, quickly stepped forward and said: "Sir, I guess there is only a small enemy force in the forest, and there is nothing to worry about."
Namada Chuichi said with a gloomy face: "You don't know, the Chongteng detachment lost its entire artillery regiment because of a sneak attack by a small group of Chinese troops. So no matter how many people there are on the other side, they must be eliminated. And put them to death.
Bring that pilot back to me.
Mr. Matsui just called and specified that he wanted the pilot.
So Mr. Zhongye, you have to personally lead your third battalion to annihilate this small group of enemies and bring back the pilot, even if it’s a corpse, do you understand?”
"Hi! I will end the battle within half an hour and bring back the Chinese pilots, please don't worry."
The young man from MCC bowed and saluted, then took arrogant steps and left with his third group, heading straight into the dense forest on the left side of the camp to search for Chinese soldiers.
At the same time, Namada Chuichi would naturally not be idle. Although he had sent three brigades of troops, there was still no progress. So he ordered the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment to go to Yushan.
The third battlefield was launched frontally and the artillery was ordered to conduct a fierce artillery bombardment on the main position of Yushan.
The Japanese army lost two of its 150mm caliber howitzers in many battles with Chinese artillery, but two others were still intact.
Coupled with the three 100mm cannons that were still usable, they continuously bombarded the main position of Yushan, blasting a gap in the trench in the middle of the main position.
Under the guidance of Duanwu, Yushan's main position was impregnable. Not only were the trenches two and a half meters deep, but even the floating soil on the front slope was five or six meters thick.
But even so, a gap was opened in the middle of the position by the Japs' heavy artillery.
Zhong Jiushan ordered the soldiers to restore the trenches as soon as possible. However, the trenches were only half dug, and the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Little Japanese's 2nd Infantry Regiment had already come up.
Under the cover of artillery fire, two squadrons of the 1st Infantry Battalion charged towards the main position. They each took off their shirts and tied a white torn belt around their heads. While shouting "Long Live His Majesty the Emperor," they quickly headed towards the top of the mountain.
charge.
Zhong Jiushan frowned when he saw this and thought to himself: Is this little devil going to fight for his life?
Thinking of this, he quickly ordered the guard on the side: "Contact the special commissioner immediately and tell him that the situation has changed. The Japanese army is attacking our Yushan position like crazy. It seems that they have received a death order!..."
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