The 176th chapter beacon fire group policy mountain (8)
Sawada Shigeru placed his hope of rescuing the 44th Regiment on the 57th Regiment of the First Division, which set out from Heihe and was responsible for blocking the westward retreat route of Yang Zhen's troops. [.Com text] But he didn't know
, at this moment, without firing a single shot in the Qinghei Mountains, the 57th Regiment was inexplicably ambushed and suffered heavy losses. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Matsujiro Kimura, was also killed in the battle, and the 57th Regiment was rapidly retreating towards Heihe.
They just rolled away with wounded soldiers and corpses in a hasty retreat, because the 57th Regiment, which was the most severely damaged and lost almost all its radio stations, could not spread the news.
For the 57th Regiment, this time they suffered a huge defeat without firing a single shot, and without even seeing their opponent in person. The loss was inexplicable, and they were so cowardly. No wonder the 57th Regiment suffered a huge defeat.
The regiment thought that their defeat was unexplained, and almost no one could have imagined that the only thing that caused them huge casualties was a shelling while they were camping.
In accordance with the requirements of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the 57th Regiment, which did not disperse its operations, suffered heavy losses in this shelling. The two infantry brigades that set out directly had a large corps. Their firepower density was absolutely overwhelming for the Japanese army.
It is rare to become a god in the midst of shelling.
Major Gunki Hashimoto, the captain of the First Battalion who replaced the captain of the 57th Regiment, Colonel Matsushiro Kimura, who was killed in the shelling, faced huge losses. Especially after inspecting the shelling scene, he concluded that his opponent had at least one heavy artillery brigade.
After the conclusion, he did not dare to stay any longer and directly chose to retreat.
The 57th Regiment, which suffered heavy losses during the bombardment, thought that its opponent had heavy artillery the size of a brigade, and that it was a premeditated bombardment. In fact, they did not know that they were unfortunately just a new weapon.
It was just a test product. What they were bombarding them with were just six 107mm multiple rocket launchers that had just been produced. It was impossible to say that it was planned for a long time, but they just happened to catch up.
Before Yang Zhen transferred the arsenal, he took out many drawings of weapons. But most of these drawings were small weapons. Only this one was known as the only one of the three major guerrilla weapons in later generations designed by the Chinese.
The multiple rocket launcher is the only heavy weapon among them.
Yang Zhen's so-called self-designed weapons, including this rocket launcher, cannot be purchased and cannot be mass-produced. He will not consider equipping them for the time being. At least not until he has mass-production capabilities.
I will consider it. This weapon, like the AK 47 rifle and RPG II anti-tank rocket launcher that came out in advance, was specially produced to exchange aid with the Soviets.
It's just that unlike the AK-47 which consumes a lot of bullets and will not be equipped before large-scale military production capacity is formed, this kind of firepower is fierce and the range is not close among weapons of the same caliber. The most important thing is that it is light and easy to use.
As long as a certain production capacity can be achieved for the two-barreled rocket launcher, Yang Zhen would consider equipping it in small quantities.
Thanks to his experience in carrying out secret missions in a small country in West Asia that was prone to wars, Yang Zhen knew that in many cases the more advanced the weapons and equipment, the better. This is because the more advanced weapons require higher maintenance and supply conditions.
Yang Zhen, who can only rely on captured raw materials from the Japanese army to produce weapons such as the AK 47, which is known for its rapid fire, and does not have any raw material supply conditions, simply cannot afford to equip it. For now, the Japanese-style 38 rifle
This is the most correct choice for Yang Zhen. Because he can easily get bullets.
However, Yang Zhen is still prepared to equip this kind of multiple rocket launcher. After all, this kind of powerful firepower, extremely light weapon itself, and the most important thing is to use simple weapons, is still very suitable for the current situation of Yang Zhen's troops.
Just because the production equipment on hand, especially the number of seamless steel tubes for producing launchers, is extremely limited, only six can be produced as samples. Even these six rocket launchers that attack seventy-two tubes have already consumed all the seamless steel tubes in stock.
The steel pipes were used up. As for the rockets, also due to process problems, only 240 rounds were produced.
However, even these 240 rockets consumed too much smokeless gunpowder as propellant, which made the commander-in-chief very distressed. If the smokeless gunpowder used to produce these 240 rockets was used,
To make the Type 38 rifle bullets that also use smokeless gunpowder as propellant, at least several million rounds can be made.
It hurts, but the commander-in-chief still knows that the child cannot trap the wolf. After learning that these 240 rounds of rockets and six twelve-barreled rocket launchers were manufactured, Yang Zhen directly telegraphed the commander-in-chief, if he encountered
It can be used boldly by the Japanese army to test the actual combat effect. As a result, the 57th Regiment sent to the door by oneself unfortunately became the first batch of rocket launchers in the world.
After discovering the traces of the 57th Regiment and finding its camp, the commander-in-chief, in addition to leaving forty rounds of artillery shells, smashed all 200 rockets at the Japanese camp without any distress. And with four
The rocket launcher modified from a mountain cannon mount is very flexible and light, and can be pushed by two people. After the commander-in-chief fired the 200 rounds of rockets, he immediately packed up and left.
Rocket launchers are different from ordinary mountain howitzers. This weapon does not have the loud sound of other artillery fires. In addition to the trace of the tail flame, which is like a streak of fireworks streaking across the sky, the crack can only be heard when you reach the top of your head.
There was a whooshing sound in the air. It was the first time they encountered this kind of weapon, and the 57th Regiment, which was obviously inexperienced in dealing with it, didn't realize they were under attack until batches of shells fell on their heads.
By the time the two hundred rockets exploded, the camp of the 57th Regiment was already in a mess. Bodies of Japanese soldiers who had been killed were everywhere. Not to mention the surviving Japanese soldiers who were stunned by the intense artillery fire.
, hiding in a mountain to observe the test results, in fact, I want to know why Yang Zhen insists on producing this supposedly powerful weapon despite limited raw materials. The commander-in-chief is also dumbfounded.
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He never thought that there would be such a kind of artillery. There were only six of them, but the killing effect was almost the same as that of a seventy-two-gun artillery regiment. And the firing speed was extremely fast. From the first shot fired, to
It took less than twenty minutes to fire all 200 rounds. This was because the arsenal workers who were guest artillerymen were not familiar with it.
Looking at the shocking results in front of him, the commander-in-chief finally understood why Yang Zhen insisted on producing this weapon even though he knew it would consume a lot of equipment and raw materials. If this weapon is compared with the automatic rifle from the previous stage,
And take the rocket launcher that is still under construction to the north. The big brother who is obsessed with the power of artillery will definitely like it.
Although the impact area of the shells fired by this new type of artillery is a bit large, it is still acceptable for a concentrated attack artillery.
The excited commander-in-chief returned to the arsenal and sent Yang Zhen a secret message that the wine had been brewed and the effect was very good. Many people got drunk after the first treat.
Contrary to the excitement of the commander-in-chief, the 57th Regiment suffered such a severe blow. It no longer mentioned cooperating with the 4th Division in the clearing. It hastily cremated the bodies of the soldiers who died in the shelling and turned them into ashes.
They retreated smoothly. Just one bombardment destroyed a large group. If they come again several times, the 57th Regiment may not be able to go back.
What makes these Japanese officers and soldiers who don't know what the secrets of the front line of Qunce Mountain wonder is, haven't these anti-Manchu anti-Japanese armed forces always been poorly equipped and lacking in firepower? How come there are so many heavy artillery and encounter intensive firepower?
The Japanese officers and soldiers who attacked had always stubbornly believed that such an intensive bombardment could only be produced by a heavy artillery group equivalent to the size of a brigade at the very least.
After the shelling, the first thought of all the surviving officers and soldiers of the 57th Regiment was that their opponents were definitely not the so-called anti-Manchu forces, but the Russians on the other side of the river. Only the Russians who advocated artillery doctrine would have so many weapons.
Heavy artillery. Only the Russians can produce such fierce artillery fire. And according to the scale of this artillery attack, the opponent's strength is at least one corps.
After realizing that the opponent in front of them was most likely the Russians on the other side of the river, the officers and soldiers of the 57th Regiment dared to stop. They only carried four Type 41 mountain cannons belonging to the regiment's artillery, and there were still a few remaining troops.
There is less than one brigade. The opponent has at least one heavy artillery brigade, and its strength is at least at the corps level.
The Japanese are not afraid of death, but they are not stupid. Especially the officers and soldiers of the First Division who came from a big city like Tokyo are not stupid. Except for a few lunatics, no one is willing to touch an egg against a stone.
We will do it. After reaching this consensus, the 57th Regiment not only retreated, but also retreated extremely quickly.
The 57th Regiment withdrew like this, and Shigeru Sawada, who was still in the dark and expected them to rescue the 44th Regiment, was confused. And the people from the Kwantung Army Headquarters to this clearing out
The commander-in-chief, Du Hao, was even more unaware. It was not until the 57th Regiment ran back to the Heihehara garrison that everyone realized that the 57th Regiment had returned before entering the designated combat area.
Of course, what exactly happened to the 57th Regiment that caused it to be unable to appear on the battlefield is a matter for another day. But after receiving a telegram from the Kwantung Army headquarters that had never been able to contact the 57th Regiment, we lost
Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, who had found the last glimmer of hope, could not help but look up to the sky and sigh: "With the disappearance of the 57th Regiment, the 44th Regiment is finished."
After clearly understanding that the 44th Regiment had lost all chances of rescue, and fearing that Lin Fang's detachment and the third cavalry brigade would also join in, Sawada Shigeru had no choice but to issue an order to Lin Fangtaro and the third cavalry brigade.
A camera retreat command.
In fact, even if the 57th Regiment can arrive on time, it is impossible for the 57th Regiment, which needs to cross half of the Xing'an Mountains, to rescue the 44th Regiment before it is destroyed. Whether it is Yang
Zhen, nor the three regiment leaders Wang Guangyu, Liu Changshun, and Du Kaishan would give them this opportunity.
After learning that Du Kaishan used fire attacks to cleanly kill two Japanese squadrons at a small cost, Wang Guangyu was not polite to the Japanese troops in his encirclement circle. He used infantry and artillery coordination to kill the Japanese troops in the encirclement circle.
, seeing the number of soldiers around him decreasing one by one, but still unable to break out of the opponent's encirclement, Colonel Tsutsuki Taro Kawama was complaining endlessly.
Tsutsuki Taro Kawama, who originally wanted to break out of the encirclement at night after it got dark, did not expect that just as he had assembled his breakout troops, his opponent fired a large number of flares, illuminating the encirclement circle in white.
The Japanese army that had just completed its assembly was blown away by a burst of intensive mortar fire and heavy machine gun fire from the opponent, and was directly blown up from the size of a reinforced squadron into a small squadron. Almost all light and heavy weapons were lost. Taro Kawama's first breakout had not yet happened.
Before he had time to start, he was nipped in the bud by Wang Guangyu.
Kawama Tsutsutarou gathered all the remaining troops to break out for the first time, and they were beaten to pieces by a mortar without even lifting a single wolfberry. Wouldn't it be wrong to rely on the remaining troops to break out of the encirclement?
It was even more wishful thinking. In the subsequent breakouts, they were beaten back by the opponent's machine gun fire without even touching the edge of the encirclement.
Seeing that after another failed breakout, there were not many people left around him, and he had been demoted from the captain of the regiment, which commanded thousands of people, to the squad leader. Knowing that he would not be spared today, Tsutsutarou Kawama simply did not want to be.
Tsutsuki Taro Kawama, the first captured captain of the Imperial Japanese Army, threw away his pistol, picked up a Type 38 rifle belonging to a fallen soldier and took the lead in the charge.
At this point in the battle, Tsutsuki Taro Kawama knew that he could no longer wait for reinforcements. On the northern front, although the sound of gunfire from the 3rd Cavalry Brigade seemed fierce, they could not get closer. On the south
On the front line, on the Lin Fang detachment side of the Fourth Division, although the sound of gunfire was equally fierce, it was also impossible to get close.
Although the situation on both sides is the same, Tsutsutarou Kawama is very clear about the difference. The third cavalry brigade on the northern front has been unable to come over for a long time. It is definitely not because they are not working hard. But you let a cavalry attack in the mountains.
War itself is difficult for others to do.
But Lin Fang's detachment in the south couldn't be reached, but Kawasaki Taro knew that there was definitely something fishy in it. Seeing the half-dead attack of the Fourth Division a few days ago, Kawasaki Taro knew that if he let these guys rescue him, he would probably wait for himself.
His bones were so cold that there was no way he could wait.
The dense sound of gunfire on the southern front is probably a show by these calculating Osaka soldiers to fool themselves. If you have the chance to stand out, report them to the Kwantung Army Headquarters. Otherwise,
, with the real combat power of the Fourth Division, why can't they come closer even though they are not far away? If they say that they are really working hard to provide reinforcements, I'm afraid not even a ghost would believe it.
There was no hope of rescue, and the possibility of a breakout was lost. As a glorious samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, Colonel Tsuchi Taro Kawama chose to die in battle instead of commiting seppuku like a coward. In his opinion, a samurai can only die in battle.
To be considered a qualified samurai, committing seppuku is something only cowards and losers would do.
Colonel Taro Kawama's idea of asking for death soon received an enthusiastic response from a group of soldiers. Holding a Type 38 rifle, he and only a dozen Japanese soldiers around him were beaten by the intensive machine gun fire of the blocking troops.
Became a sieve.
However, although Colonel Taro Kawama, the captain of the 44th Regiment, was killed in battle, it does not mean that the resistance of the 44th Regiment has completely collapsed. Although the three infantry squadrons being ravaged by Liu Changshun suffered heavy casualties, their actual strength was less than
A squadron, but still resisting tenaciously.
From time to time, under the command of Major Matsushita Fuji, the captain of the 3rd Battalion of the 44th Regiment, he would engage in an offensive battle with Liu Changshun's troops in front of him. His fierce and tenacious fighting style gave Liu Changshun a real experience.
What is the style of the old divisions of the Japanese army?
Liu Changshun was troubled by the near-death resistance of this part of the Japanese army. These Japanese soldiers resisted tenaciously and were unable to resolve the battle, causing considerable casualties to themselves. On the contrary, he had to beware of being attacked by these wolf-like soldiers.
The Japanese army took a bite back.
In fact, Liu Changshun, who was having a headache, didn't know that their opponent Matsushita Fuji at this time was even more miserable. After a fierce battle for half a day and most of the night, the three infantry squadrons he led were at a disadvantage in terms of strength and firepower. At this time, they were intact and still alive.
There are not many soldiers left who can stand up. There are three infantry squadrons. At this time, there are less than one squadron of soldiers with fighting ability.
The losses of the light and heavy machine guns were even more heavy. All the supporting firepower, except for the two remaining light machine guns that barely managed to collect half of the base ammunition after all the ammunition on the infantry, the two heavy machine guns were all destroyed.
Destroyed. Its final position was also compressed into a small area of less than a hundred meters long from east to west and only more than forty meters wide from north to south.
The most serious thing is that not only are there not many people who still have fighting power, but all kinds of supplies have been almost consumed. The battlefield is full of medicine and bandages because they are consumed too quickly, so they can only be wrapped up with leg wraps hastily. As for whether they can hold on.
, it depends on whether the wounded man's platelet concentration is sufficient, which caused the morale of the Japanese army to drop quickly.
It is even more unfortunate for the remaining Japanese troops
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