On the plain, the Japanese army camps were built one after another. They used the wood cut down from the trees in the nearby mountain forests and the soil on the ground to temporarily build simple fortifications and bunkers.
The group surrounded them airtight, and it seemed that they planned to wipe them all out.
At the same time, the mountain artillery regiments and tank regiments mobilized by the Japanese army to support were also in place, and the bomber formations had taken off from the Kwantung Army Headquarters Flight Base in Rehe and were flying here to prepare to support the battle here.
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Although only two regiments were surrounded, this was already a considerable victory for the Japanese. They had always been passively beaten and had not eliminated any troops above the company level of the Yanhuang Army. This is really
It makes them feel so shameless.
Therefore, the commander of the Sakai Division designed such a strategy to lure the enemy this time and used the Matsushita Brigade as bait. The purpose was to attract the main force of the Yanhuang Army to carry out encirclement and annihilation.
Of course, the commander of the Matsushita brigade himself did not know all this. He has a reckless personality. If he was told, the commander of the Sakai division was worried that he would not act well, so he did not tell him. So Matsushita has not understood it until now, thinking that it is
These reinforcements arrived just in time.
Now that the encirclement situation had been formed, Sakai came from Meiling Town and set up the headquarters in a hidden place about four or five kilometers away from the battlefield to facilitate the command of the battle.
There are now nearly 20,000 Japanese troops gathered here. These troops belong to four or five troops. They all assisted the commander of the Sakai Division in performing the mission this time and were temporarily placed under his command.
However, the Japanese people's discipline is indeed very good. Although they have not even met each other, these troops are still busy according to Sakai's arrangements and have done their job well.
Standing behind the fortifications built with alloy shields, the commanders of the 302nd and 303rd regiments held up binoculars to observe the enemy situation on the opposite side, while smiling bitterly, "It's not his grandma's business, isn't it just two regiments, and so many have been mobilized?"
Troops came to besiege."
According to the combat capabilities at that time, the Japanese army's 20,000-strong force was more than enough to deal with four or five divisions of the Chinese army. However, against the Yanhuang Army, it was used cautiously to deal with two regiments.
In addition to the good equipment of the Yanhuang Legion, the maneuverability of the Yanhuang Legion is too strong. Troops may come to support at any time, so the commander of the Sakai Division wants to win the battle quickly.
As a result, the Japanese army mobilized a large number of troops and prepared to launch a strong attack in the near future to eliminate these two regiments in the shortest possible time to avoid long nights and nightmares.
As a result, the pressure on the 302nd and 303rd regiments increased sharply. Although their weapons and equipment were all the latest, their numbers were limited after all, and the Japanese could kill them even with a large number of people.
In order to strengthen their defense capabilities, the two regiment commanders took out all their belongings and placed all kinds of light and heavy weapons on the positions. Moreover, the engineers built the fortifications at the fastest speed. The rapid speed made the other side also build the fortifications.
The Japanese soldiers were stunned.
"What kind of human beings are they? They are just prairie dogs. Is it such an exaggeration to build fortifications?" Looking at the fortifications that kept spreading ahead, the Japanese soldiers kept cursing and speeding up.
However, their speed is far behind the speed of the Yanhuang Legion.
The engineering troops of the Yanhuang Legion used Mo Yanran's latest developed quick-setting adhesive, and then combined it with those alloy plates, an alloy bunker took shape in a blink of an eye, and then spread forward one after another.
In one afternoon, more than forty alloy bunkers appeared at the front of the 302nd and 303rd regiments' positions, and a large number of machine gun bunkers and mortar bunkers were also built.
In the headquarters, the commander of the Sakai division sat in the middle, and on both sides of him were the commanders of the participating troops. They all sat upright, waiting for Sakai to issue the order to attack.
"Everyone, the two regiments of the third brigade of the Yanhuang Army are surrounded. This is a great opportunity to eliminate them. I hope everyone can unite sincerely and fight for the future of the empire together." Sakai looked serious and glanced at everyone present.
of these commanders.
Watanabe, the brigade commander of the Watanabe Independent Mixed Brigade, was the first to stand up. He said, "Commander Sakai, just give the order. We are all soldiers of the Empire of Japan. This is our duty."
Everyone else looked at Sakai, with the same meaning in their eyes.
Sakai pushed away the documents on the table and stood up. He picked up the baton and walked to the map, "Okay, in this case, I will issue an attack order. We must resolve the battle within four hours, otherwise the Yanhuang Army is expected to
Reinforcements will arrive."
All the Japanese commanders stood up and listened to his orders.
A trace of excitement flashed across the face of Commander Sakai, and then he raised his finger, "Commander Watanabe Brigade, your brigade is deployed in the east. After the battle starts, the 475th Regiment will launch an attack from here, and the 517th Regiment will launch an attack from here.
When attacking, we must open a breakthrough within half an hour."
Watanabe said loudly, "Understood, Commander!"
"Captain of the Nine-Tails Brigade, your brigade is in the north, so the battle in the north is mostly up to you. Your regiment will..." Sakai continued to arrange tasks.
Half an hour later, at 2:10 in the afternoon, the Japanese attack was launched. The mountain artillery position located 2.5 kilometers away from the rear took the lead in launching the attack. The artillery fire covered the positions of the 302nd Regiment and the 303rd Regiment.
For a moment, gunpowder smoke flew everywhere, shrapnel shot out, and the position was completely covered by smoke and dust, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
As soon as the bombardment came to an end, the Japanese assault troops rushed forward. They stepped on the cratered soil, passed through the gunpowder smoke, and rushed towards the Yanhuang Army's position.
However, when they passed through the smoke and approached the Yanhuang Legion's position, they were immediately stunned, because the scene that appeared after the smoke cleared made them all a little stupid.
Although traces of the explosion still remained on the Yanhuang Army's position after the shelling, the expected mess did not appear at all. The alloy bunkers remained motionless, and not even one was lost.
"This, this, this, what should we do?" Seeing that the opponent's position was not seriously damaged, the charging Japanese soldiers muttered a little, which meant that they had to rely on their flesh and blood to charge.
"We have no choice but to charge hard!" The Japanese officer in charge gritted his teeth and commanded the troops to launch a charge.
The light and heavy machine guns fired in unison, and under the cover of the firepower of the Type 92 heavy machine gun and the crooked handle, the Japanese moved forward with their guns in hand.
It was very quiet inside the alloy fortification, and not a single person could be seen, but this confident silence made the attacking Japanese soldiers even more panicked.
"Charge!" In order to embolden himself, the Japs shouted loudly as they charged, hoping to lessen the uneasiness in their hearts.
Two hundred meters away, there was no movement within the fortifications!
One hundred meters away, everything inside the fortification was quiet!
Seventy meters away, it’s still quiet inside the fortification!
The pace of the Japanese soldiers slowed down. The atmosphere was so strange that they felt increasingly unsure.
Fifty meters will arrive soon!
Suddenly, with a sudden brush, the shooting holes on the alloy fortifications were opened one by one, revealing the black muzzles inside, pointing directly at the enemies outside the position.
"beat!"
The sound of machine guns suddenly sounded over the Yanhuang Army's position. Hundreds of 95 improved general-purpose machine guns that had been prepared for a long time opened fire together. The rain of bullets was so dense that they shot at the charging Japanese.
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In a moment of confusion, the Japanese fell down as if they were cutting leeks. In the blink of an eye, a large area lay down in front of the position, with blood splattering everywhere, and the soil on the ground became soaked in an instant.
With this round of volleys, nine out of ten of the first wave of troops launched by the Japs were destroyed, and the few remaining unlucky ones ran wildly towards their own positions.
Several sniper gunshots rang out, and the escaping Japanese were also killed by snipers in the sniper unit, and fell halfway back.
At the rear of the battlefield, the Japanese commanders in charge saw all this through telescopes. They couldn't help but shrink their necks, "My Emperor, the firepower of this Yanhuang Army is too abnormal, and there is no chance for anyone to fight back."
In the first tentative charge, the Japanese army, even with a squadron and a half of strength, did not even touch the edge of the Yanhuang Army's position.
Seeing this situation, the Japanese officers in charge all frowned. How could they fight like this?
The most important artillery bombardment on our side has lost its effect, which is equivalent to losing one arm of the Japanese soldiers. The only auxiliary attack and suppression methods left are tanks to assist in the attack and bombers.
But why hasn’t the bomber arrived yet?
According to the agreed time, the bombers taking off from Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province, should have arrived ten minutes ago and should have finished participating in the battle by then. But I don't know why they are still missing.
Looking at the quiet and terrifying sky above his head, Commander Sakai suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Calculate the casualties of each unit." The commander of the Sakai Division frowned and issued an order to the staff officers around him.
The two staff officers had already made the statistics, and now they took them out and handed them to him, "Report to the commander, there are five squadrons of troops participating in the first wave of attacks, with more than 630 casualties, and the casualty rate reached more than 95%.
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What? Sakai was shocked. He didn't expect the casualty rate to be so high. He hurriedly reached out and grabbed it and looked at it carefully.
The more he read the battle report, the uglier his face became. He was already livid afterward, and it was obvious that he had been hit hard.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Commander Sakai said to himself, still unable to accept this fact for a while.