Just when the Dragon Boat Festival left Nanjing and rushed to Changzhou, the battle in Baijia Town had already begun.
The two warring parties were Li Guoqiang's troops of the 672nd Regiment, the garrison of Baijia Town, and the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 23rd Regiment of the Japanese Division.
The tactics of the Japs are always the same. They took advantage of their superior firepower to give the Chinese defenders a disincentive.
The east gate of Baiqi Town and the positions outside the city wall were bombarded by the Japanese indiscriminately.
Some of the defenders panicked, but since Li Guoqiang and the commanders of the garrison were there, no one dared to run to the city at this time.
In addition, after the arrival of Li Guoqiang in the city defense of Baijia Town, all the original trenches were renovated.
Trenches were dug deep and bomb shelters were dug, and some important facilities, including weapons and ammunition storage warehouses, were reinforced.
But this took a lot of time, so a company of troops went to a temporary position five miles away from Baijia Town to block the Japanese invaders.
It's just that although this garrison is very heroic, its combat capabilities are average, and the commander failed to fully follow Li Guoqiang's deployment.
They only dug temporary bunkers in order to retreat into the city after blocking the enemy.
It's just that they underestimated the enemy too much. Under the enemy's artillery fire, their temporary fortifications were completely vulnerable.
Then they made the mistake of comparing marksmanship with the Japanese before the Japanese entered their effective killing range.
This caused the entire company to suffer heavy casualties again.
The little Japanese rushed to the position and carried out a massacre. All the officers and soldiers of the company died on the position.
But from the beginning to the end of the battle, the Japanese army only spent an hour.
However, this little bit of time bought allowed Li Guoqiang to reluctantly repair the fortifications in Baijia Town.
Therefore, the Japs' carpet bombing only served as a deterrent, but the result was little harm.
This also gave hope to the defending troops. What they feared most was the enemy's artillery fire. It seemed that the enemy's artillery shells were endless.
But at this time, the trenches were reinforced, dug deeper, and bomb shelters were dug. As long as the Japs' shells did not fall in the trenches, they would be safe.
So the soldiers who were originally trembling with fear mustered up their courage, remembered Li Guoqiang's instructions, and brought the Japanese closer before fighting.
This is the best combat idea to deal with Japanese soldiers who are skilled in shooting.
Of course, if there was no Dragon Boat Festival, they would not have thought of this, and they would still be competing with the Japanese in marksmanship from a distance.
So when the Japanese from the two infantry squads rushed up, they were all stunned. The Chinese army was not what they imagined, and most of them had been killed.
Moreover, these Chinese soldiers were different from the past. Just when they thought that the people on the position were either dead or had escaped, the Chinese soldiers showed their heads one after another and shot wildly at the Japanese.
The bullets came like raindrops, and the Japanese, who were without cover, could only watch the bullets embedded in their bodies one by one.
The Japanese were stunned for a moment and thought to themselves: Are all the imperial artillery shells adulterated? Only the light of fire does not hurt anyone. After a round of artillery fire, the Chinese people felt more energetic than after taking a shot of chicken blood.
Did the Chinese people develop antibodies under the bombardment of the Japanese Empire?
Guli
If the Chinese can withstand artillery shells, how can we fight this war?
Just when the Japanese were being cornered, another group of Japanese were shot and went back to see their Amaterasu.
Fortunately, there was a bunker, and the Japanese in front were dead, and some of them were still screaming and being used as sandbags by our own people.
The Japanese lay on the ground and fired at the Chinese defenders in the fortifications. The fight between the two sides was extremely fierce.
However, there were few Japanese soldiers, the defenders had one company, and the defenders on the city wall could provide effective support to the defenders on the ground.
The two teams of the little devil soon became exhausted and showed signs of retreat.
The commander of the first battalion of the Japanese 23rd Regiment, Okamura Major, naturally could not watch his two squads being wiped out by the enemy's three-dimensional attack. He ordered the artillery to continue firing, and the fierce artillery fire once again covered the defenders' positions.
But Li Guoqiang was not a vegetarian. When they were at Jiangyin Fortress, they captured a large number of Japanese weapons, including the Little Japanese's 70mm caliber artillery cannon, 80mm caliber, and even 120mm caliber.
Li Guoqiang brought out the mortar and bombarded the little Japs. The little Japs were so angry that they cried for their fathers and mothers. Corpses were scattered all over the field. They retreated 500 meters before stopping.
Old Guizigangcun was about to cry. Grandma's Chinese artillery fire was so fierce that one of his artillery squadrons was simply not enough to fight them.
But how did he know that at least nearly three regiments of Japs who were wiped out in Jiangyin Fortress were equipped with dozens of vehicles with various weapons and ammunition, including the 112th Division and the 103rd Division. Their equipment had all been replaced with Japanese-style equipment and there were still some leftovers. .
In addition to the importance of Baijia Town, Commander Huo directly assigned twenty artillery pieces to the first battalion.
Under a burst of artillery fire, seventy or eighty Japs were killed, and seven or eight artillerymen were also killed.
Major Gangcun had no choice but to order his troops to retreat temporarily, waiting for reinforcements, and borrowing more artillery fire to suppress the defenders in the city.
The 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese 23rd Regiment, the 1st Artillery Battalion, two machine gun squadrons, and the baggage troops were all on their way to Baijia Town.
Previously, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the 1st Artillery Division, and two machine gun squadrons were struggling with the Chinese defenders of Womachuan, covering the 1st Battalion, and the 2nd Battalion broke through the blockade.
Although there were casualties during this period, the casualties of dozens of people were nothing to a company of Japanese soldiers.
At this time, a large wave of Japanese troops were attacking Baijia Town, and it was not known whether the Chinese defenders, who had less than 600 people, could withstand them.
Because at the same time, Zhou Weiguo, who was rushing for reinforcements, was blocked by the Japanese army near Xiaoyangzhuang.
The Japanese did not rush over as recklessly as Zhou Weiguo imagined, but saw the favorable location when passing through Xiaoyangzhuang.
The little Jaap had a military map, and the Jaap officers had been trained in formal military academies, so when he saw that there was an open area further ahead on the map, he ordered the troops to occupy Xiaoyangzhuang.
There are still villagers in Xiaoyangzhuang who don’t know anything. Although they met the people fleeing from Baijia Town, they didn’t take it seriously at all. After all, Baijia Town is more than ten miles away from them. And what if the Baijia Town The town's defenders really couldn't hold on anymore, and they would have no time to escape by then.
But unexpectedly, the Japanese Second Infantry Brigade bypassed Baijia Town and attacked the village directly.
The Japs in the Fifth Division are all a bunch of inhuman beasts.
They killed people and robbed everything they saw, and the whole village turned into a living hell in just a moment.
No one, including the elderly, children, and those who ran slowly, escaped. They were either killed or captured by the little devils. Only a few young adults in the village escaped.
They saw the Chinese soldiers crying and said that the Japanese not only killed people everywhere, but also kidnapped more than a hundred girls in the village. If no one rescued them, the consequences could be imagined...