One hundred and fortieth chapters brilliant beginning (13)
The whole night of torture made Colonel Kawada Takeshi extremely miserable. Several times he made up his mind to gather two squadrons and the puppet Manchukuo army to march into the mountains to eliminate those shameless guys, but the dark mountains in front of him always prevented him from making this determination.
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But the destruction of the two reorganized teams under the cooperation of two companies of the Puppet Manchukuo Army made him really unable to let go. Only the devil knows that those who only dare to hide in the mountains and fire cold guns, without the slightest bit of Bushido spirit, dare not
What tricks are waiting for the guy who faces him in a fight?
In fact, Colonel Kawada Takeshi does not know that if he really concentrates his forces to clear out Guo Bingxun's troops on the periphery, Guo Bingxun, who has now divided his troops, really does not have the strength to confront him head-on. Guo Bingxun's head
He was very clear-headed, and he would not use a battalion to go head-to-head with two squadrons of the Japanese army that were cooperating with at least four infantry companies of the puppet Manchukuo army. If Colonel Kawada Takeshi really sent troops, Guo Bingxun would have no choice but to retreat.
Although he succeeded in giving Colonel Takeshi Kawada a sleepless night, Guo Bingxun also had a headache at this time. The artillery battle in the first half of the night destroyed most of the Japanese artillery, causing it to lose its combat effectiveness and destroying most of the weapons it carried.
Food. However, Guo Bingxun’s artillery also suffered considerable losses.
The shooting scale had been calibrated in advance and the numbers were superior. The artillery battle lasted only a few minutes, but Guo Bingxun lost four mortars, and the artillery also suffered more than ten casualties. After all, it was a veteran division of the Japanese army.
Not only is the infantry's response capability extremely excellent, but its artillery response capability is also absolutely top-notch.
The speed of shooting and the accuracy of the impact point are absolutely top-notch. Especially the accuracy of ballistic judgment during night shooting is far inferior to that of his own troops. After an artillery battle, Guo Bingxun understood that he seemed to have won.
In fact, we lost. We bullied the minority and had four mortars destroyed. What else is this than a defeat?
If targeted tactics had not been adopted in advance, I am afraid that I would have lost more completely in this artillery battle? And I don’t know how many large-scale company and platoon attacks were organized at night due to the excellent response capabilities of the Japanese army.
During the retreat, the casualties were considerable, and one platoon actually ran away. It was not until daybreak that they gathered up.
What is even more exaggerated is that one squad of this platoon actually did not turn around, bypassing the Japanese army and retreating north to the north bank of the Fasi River. It was not until they crossed the Fasi River and encountered the detour troops they sent out that they were gathered back.
.If it weren’t for picking up
When he received the telegram from the outflanking troops, Guo Bingxun thought that the whole squad had been sacrificed. This was still a harassment operation. If it were a regular operation, Guo Bingxun even doubted that the battalion in his hands would not be able to withstand the impact of half a squadron of Japanese troops?
At the end of the night, the biggest result was that the reconnaissance battalion company took advantage of the Japanese army's attention being drawn to the front, penetrated into the Japanese army's flanks and rear, and captured all the horses of the Japanese army's baggage squadron.
Looking at the troops in embarrassment, Guo Bingxun's face was darker than the sky at this time. What on earth is going on with these guys? Didn't they fight decently during the day? Under the nose of the Japanese army, they also annihilated the puppet Manchukuo.
Why did the two squads of the Japanese army that cooperated with the Japanese army fight so badly at night? In Sichuan dialect, it was simply like diarrhea.
Seeing the gloomy expression on the chief of staff's face, a deputy company commander and the platoon leader who led the attack were so frightened that they did not even dare to express their anger. They also knew that their troops' previous performance could be described as a joke. It was just under artillery fire.
The harassing attack was carried out under cover, and during the retreat, without the other party pursuing the enemy, one's own troops could actually run away. This was simply embarrassing.
Seeing his deputy and subordinates standing in front of the chief of staff in embarrassment, the company commander hesitated for a moment and felt that he should excuse his subordinates. After all, the reality of too many new recruits in the army was there. He looked at it.
Looking at Guo Bingxun's face, he whispered: "Chief of Staff, you can't blame them for this, the responsibility lies with me."
"There are too many new recruits in the army and too few veterans. Now most of the veterans have served as squad platoon leaders, and most of the additional soldiers are new recruits. And most of the recruits have only completed preliminary weapons and basic tactics.
I haven't had time to conduct night combat training yet, and I'm not familiar with the sound of the trumpet, and I'm also unfamiliar with the terrain in this area. As the company commander, I should bear the main responsibility for the battle to be like this. If you want to punish you, punish me.
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After hearing the company commander's request for punishment, Guo Bingxun's tense face softened slightly. He also knew where he was wrong and did not shirk responsibility. From this point alone, it was not bad. After hesitating, Guo Bingxun decided
Give him another chance.
After his face softened, Guo Bingxun shook his head and said: "Since you have taken over the responsibility, you cannot convince the public without punishment. Now you are revoked from the position of company commander and changed to deputy company commander and acting company commander. I will give you one month.
, if the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be improved, you can go to the cooking squad to carry the big pot for me. Also, go back and write a battle summary and give it to me. Remember, each of you will give me one."
Having said this, Guo Bingxun paused and said: "I will not punish your company platoon leader and let you serve your crime. But the squad leader who actually led the team to retreat to the north bank of the Fasi River was shot on the spot. The recruits didn't understand, but he was
How can you explain the veteran who came out of Lao Heidingzi's secret camp and said he couldn't understand the trumpet sound?"
"The new soldier couldn't understand the terrain and kept retreating north. This is understandable. He is a veteran, and he actually led his squad of soldiers to retreat north to the Fasi River without reacting. Is this possible? There is only one thing, he
It is an interesting fear of war. Everyone is equal in battlefield discipline, and battlefield discipline must be implemented for such people, and they will be killed without mercy."
The last sentence Guo Bingxun almost said through gritted teeth. If it is understandable that the recruits do not understand these circumstances, but that squad leader was trained in the secret camp of Lao Heidingzi for three months. There is only one explanation for what he did.
It was because he deliberately avoided fighting. When this situation occurred, Guo Bingxun had to change
Tactics, the night company and platoon-level offensives were stopped. Instead, they focused on fire harassment and small-scale infiltration operations by scouts. Several company- and platoon-level attacks were launched, but the effect was not great. Only one Japanese guard position was captured, and there were no casualties.
But it was not small. Twelve people were sacrificed and more than thirty were injured. This price was difficult for Guo Bingxun to accept.
Although four mortars were destroyed in the artillery battle, he still had a lot of mortars on hand. The shells were also sufficient. It was not to eat the Japanese and puppet troops in one bite, but to harass them.
He was only allowed to rest overnight. Why risk the lives of his men? Guo Bingxun changed his tactics and focused on the battle during the day the next day.
The night offensive made Guo Bingxun somewhat depressed. But the arrival of Liu Changshun after early morning made him somewhat relieved. With the performance of the troops last night, he was not sure whether a battalion could survive the attack of a brigade of the Japanese army.
Next, block the Japanese army in front of you between Fasi River and Gejin River.
Just thinking about Yang Zhen's previous tactical intentions and the possible actions of the enemy in front of him after Yang Zhen started, Guo Bingxun changed his mind again. Instead of deploying the battalion brought by Liu Changshun on the spot, he ordered it to move around.
Passing through the enemy's position, they penetrated directly towards the rear of the Japanese army. Together with the battalion that had been sent behind the Japanese army, they formed an encirclement on the rear of the 17th Regiment.
Once the battle starts at Yang Zhen, if Kawada Yi returns to rescue his first brigade, these two battalions can form an east-west pincer attack on it. At least it can delay the speed of Japanese reinforcements. Miaolingzi Mountain is too close to the Fasi River.
, once the sound of gunfire is heard there, it can be heard clearly here. Guo Bingxun can conclude that as long as Miaolingzi Mountain is fired, the enemy in front of him will definitely move north for reinforcements.
Guo Bingxun, who graduated from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France, one of the three major military academies in the West, is at least above average in his prediction of the outcome of the war. Although radio contact with the First Battalion was lost at the beginning of the battle, it is still unclear whether Miao Lingzi
What happened on the mountain? But after discovering that there was a sudden burst of gunfire behind them, the first brigade and the main force of the puppet Manchukuo army that had crossed the Fasi River immediately stopped going south and quickly turned around and sent reinforcements to the north.
Colonel Kawada Takeshi, who had received the report of his march route from the First Battalion in the early morning, heard the intensive gunfire coming from the Miaolingzi line, and could easily judge without even thinking that it was the follow-up.
A large group encountered the enemy.
Moreover, from the intensity of the gunfire, Colonel Kawada Takeshi knew that he had been fooled. Some time ago, he had been thinking that he had encountered the opponent's main force, but it was just a bluff by some of the troops sent to attract his attention.
For Colonel Kawada Takeshi, this decision was very unusual. Colonel Kawada Takeshi, who did not know that Sasaki Tsuichi had already gone to the West, could not contact Lieutenant General Sasaki Tsuichi and his butt was on fire again.
The colonel could only put aside Sasaki's order to rendezvous with the 24th Regiment and get in touch with his First Battalion first.
His Majesty Takeda Hisashi participated in this attack with a regiment of troops, plus a regiment of the Manchurian Army, which was much stronger than his own. He only had two infantry brigades in his hands. If one was lost, only one infantry group would be left.
Brigade, in this crisis-ridden time, can the remaining infantry brigade still be able to complete the so-called suppression mission? By then, not only will it be unable to complete the mission of asking for advice, but it may even be difficult to protect itself.
Colonel Kawada Takeshi, who has always been known for his stability, is far less arrogant than other Japanese officers. He concluded from the intensive sound of artillery fired from the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain that there were definitely not a few anti-Manchu armed forces besieging the first brigade of his regiment, and their firepower was also large.
Extremely powerful.
Because he heard that the sound of those cannons was made by a large number of mountain and field guns. Except for the two Type 92 infantry guns, his first brigade did not have a single mountain and field gun. And even these two Type 92 infantry guns did not have any mountain guns.
The Type II infantry artillery was also left at the original station and was not brought. Except for grenades and heavy machine guns, the First Battalion did not have any heavy weapons.
Although he was confident in the combat effectiveness of his troops, the sound of gunfire there made Takeshi Kawada know that although his troops were powerful in combat effectiveness, flesh and blood could not compete with steel after all. As a captain of the Colonel-General,
The steady-looking Takeshi Kawada is not as shallow as those young and vigorous grassroots officers. He believes that the spirit of Bushido can really compete with steel.
Therefore, after knowing that his First Battalion was likely to be in danger, he did not hesitate to refuse his subordinates to use the First Battalion's combat power. Even if the anti-Manchu forces came to tens of thousands of people, there would be no problem. He should follow Sasaki's instructions.
The first lieutenant general ordered to use all his strength to break the resistance of the anti-Manchu elements and go to the Jianshanzi line to join the 24th Regiment. Instead, he chose to lead the main force to turn around after leaving some troops to block the most likely pursuit of the enemy in front of him.
Reinforce the Second Battalion to the north.
Just as Colonel Kawada Yi led the team to turn around and rush towards the front line of the Fasi River, Liu Changshun had already commanded two battalions to deploy across the entire line north of the Fasi River and had completed the construction of fortifications. It was learned that Liu Changshun had taken over the two battalions on the north bank of the Fasi River.
The commander of the battalion, Yang Zhen, who was directing the battle on the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain, only sent him eight words: "Set up a mobile ambush and attack halfway across the river."
Liu Changshun, who received Yang Zhen's telegram, did not directly set up defenses along the Fasi River. Instead, he ambush his troops in the dense forests on the north bank of the Fasi River. After Colonel Kawada Yi passed through a squadron of Japanese troops and most of the puppet Manchukuo troops, he
The troops of the two battalions launched a full-scale attack, dividing the Japanese army into two non-connected parts with the Fasi River as the boundary. At the same time, they hit all the mortars on hand and tightly blocked the north bank of the Fasi River with intensive artillery fire.
Originally, he saw that the leading troops had successfully crossed the river, but before Colonel Takeshi Kawada could breathe a sigh of relief, the scene in front of him surprised him again. The follow-up troops exposed in the open river were knocked down in pieces by the dense mortar shells fired by the opponents.
The intensive gunshots coming from the north bank of the river told him that the outcome for his vanguard might be disastrous.
Troops that have not yet had time to undergo night combat training perform poorly in night battles, but this does not mean that their operations during the day are also unsatisfactory. In fact, after a full month of high-intensity training, the troops' performance during the day has improved.
During combat operations, his performance was quite eye-catching.
Colonel Takeshi Kawada currently has a large group under his command, but after the first day and night of consumption, he now only has two more infantry squadrons plus one he specially brought out to ensure supplies. Now he has lost all the pack horses.
Troops squadron. This time, a squadron's troops were suddenly cut off on the north bank of the river. For Takeshi Kawada, the blow was fatal.
However, Colonel Kawada Takeshi's reaction speed was still extremely fast. After discovering that one of his main infantry squadrons was cut off and surrounded on the north bank, he did not hesitate at all. He immediately led the remaining troops and fought tooth and nail against the banditry in his eyes that suddenly appeared on the north bank.
Launch an attack.
Although the Fasi River flows very fast, it is not deep, with an average depth of about half a meter. However, the river is not narrow among rivers in mountainous areas. Although it is in a mountainous area, the width of the river is still about six meters. And the river channel
A relatively empty open space is formed on both sides.
Under this kind of terrain, Takeshi Kawada wanted to force the crossing, break the opponent's fire blockage, and rescue the encircled first brigade, but it was extremely difficult when the firepower was not dominant.
Liu Changshun had no intention of worrying about ammunition. Although he used most of his troops to encircle the Japanese and puppet troops on the north bank of the river, he deployed only two companies with the blocking troops on the river bank. However, he deployed nearly half of the heavy machine guns and heavy machine guns of the two battalions.
The grenade launchers were transferred, and the two battalion mortars were also concentrated by him to block the river bank.
The Japanese troops who tried to force the crossing suffered heavy casualties. Several heavy machine guns used for fire support were just set up and before a few bullets were fired, they were all blown up by mortars. Several times in a row.
Not only that the attack failed to bear fruit, more than half of the baggage squadron deployed in the attack suffered casualties and lost its combat effectiveness.
Seeing that another forced crossing was repelled, Colonel Kawada Takeshi gritted his teeth and put the last complete infantry squadron at hand, except for a small team, into the attack. While launching the attack desperately, Takeshi Kawada also fought desperately
Call for air support and try to rely on aviation fire support to break through the opponent's blockade.
Not long after Colonel Kawada Takeshi put all the troops at hand into the attack, he suddenly discovered that the gunfire from the direction of Miaolingzi Mountain, which had been ringing with intensive gunfire before, suddenly gradually fell silent, and the gunfire became weaker and weaker.
Colonel Takeshi Kawada knew what it meant when the sound of guns and artillery over there weakened.
He knew that the sound of gunfire on the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain gradually fell silent. It was not that his first brigade had successfully broken through, but that the first brigade was now in danger.
As for where the opponent's target will turn after the first brigade is wiped out, Colonel Kawada Takeshi is very clear in his mind. He knows that except for his own infantry brigade currently hanging alone along the Fasi River, there is no one else to think about. If
If you can't break through the blockade along the Fasi River as soon as possible and join up with the troops trapped in Hebei, and you only rely on the one and a half squadrons you have left now, then what awaits you will be
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