c_t; With Ikegami Kenji's desperate efforts, Su Yingqi's pressure immediately doubled. Read the full text of the latest chapter. It is updated very quickly. The two sides hardly made any probing attacks, and then they collided with each other fiercely. The Japanese army wanted to
To regain this commanding height in the shortest possible time, the first step was to use the squadron as the organization and press the entire line in a "wave" style of continuous charge.
Facing an almost continuous offensive under the cover of extremely fierce artillery fire, the troops led by Su Yingqi, facing the Japanese troops attacking from three directions, were short-lived even though there were fortifications built by the Japanese army that could be used.
Within a short period of time, it was a hard fight.
The Japanese army barely paused for a moment, and under the continuous charge, they didn't even have time to take a breath. During the attack, the Japanese army adopted a variety of tactics. If a frontal attack failed, they would use roundabouts to outflank them. If the roundabouts on the flanks were repelled, they would be outflanked.
A two-pronged approach, taking the risk of being accidentally injured by artillery fire, launched attacks in three directions at the same time. This kind of attack by the Japanese army made Su Yingqi somewhat stretched in the use of troops.
The fierceness of the Japanese offensive, the large number of troops invested, and even the casualties, surprised Su Yingqi even though he was mentally prepared. The flares fired by both sides almost illuminated the area controlled by Su Yingqi.
A whole day.
Although heavy casualties were suffered under the crossfire of the Anti-Alliance, the Japanese offensive not only did not weaken as time progressed, but became more and more fierce. Waves of attacks were defeated, and the remaining Japanese troops were on the spot.
Persistence. Even the corpses of his colleagues were built into fortifications, and the anti-resistance alliance was shot on the spot.
When the next wave of attacking troops arrived, the Anti-Alliance mortars that rushed across the reverse slope of the mountain formed a fire interception net, and then they joined the second wave of charging troops. Even at the risk of the intensive Anti-Alliance forces
Counterattack firepower pushed infantry artillery and rapid-fire artillery right under the eyes of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and opened fire directly.
The company at the foot of the mountain bore the brunt of the Japanese attack. In just half an hour, seven to eight hundred artillery shells fell on the small position they controlled. At the same time, in order to pull out
To solve this problem, the Japanese army deployed two squadrons of troops to attack from both sides, using a multi-channel simultaneous attack strategy.
Although relying on the firepower on the hills behind them, especially the firepower support of three large-caliber machine guns, they restrained the Japanese army's crazy move of pushing the infantry artillery right under their noses and firing directly at them, it was like they were going crazy.
Under the Japanese attack regardless of casualties, after holding on for two and a half hours, half of the position was lost.
The troops themselves suffered more than half casualties, and the remaining troops were compressed to the foot of the mountain. Although Su Yingqi continued to organize anti-slope mortar fire support, the shortcomings in military strength prevented him from continuously investing reinforcements like the Japanese army. [Update soon.
, The website page is clean, there are few ads, I like this kind of website the most, I must give it a thumbs up] With the troops at the foot of the mountain no longer able to stand, they had no choice but to shrink. They gave up their positions at the foot of the mountain and withdrew the remaining troops to the mountainside to hold on.
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The positions on the mountain were also reduced to ruins by the fierce Japanese artillery fire. The firepower points formed by Japanese fortifications in the mountain were advanced by the Japanese army to a distance of 1,500 meters and opened fire directly with the 25-pound field cannon under the cover of night.
, one-third of the reads were destroyed within two hours;.
The fortification group here was built by the Japanese army, and they knew the location of the firepower points very well. The artillery did not need to be advanced too much, and they did not even use flares to indicate the target. They used a blind shooting method at long distances, with two rounds of artillery shells.
It can destroy a firepower point without any need for test firing.
In order to destroy the field cannon, Su Yingqi personally directed a 14mm machine gun to continuously capture and destroy the field cannon. However, the Japanese army deployed an engineering squadron to assist specifically.
The artillerymen changed positions for this field gun. They never fired three times in the same position.
After firing two artillery shells, they immediately moved their positions. It was also in the night, and the visibility of 1,500 meters was almost zero. The limited illumination bombs could only be used to block the Japanese offensive. In addition, this
The field gun was equipped with a muzzle brake. Even at night, the muzzle fire was not obvious, and the field gun was never captured.
When the sky gradually started to light up during the battle, the hill where Su Yingqi was located had been blown into a piece of dust by the intensive artillery fire of the Japanese army. He grabbed a handful and filled his hands with shrapnel. From the time when both sides officially opened fire until seven in the morning
Within ten hours, tens of thousands of Japanese artillery shells of various calibers fell on this small hill.
The already sparse vegetation on the entire mountain had nothing left at this time. The incendiary bombs fired by the Japanese army had long since burned it to a white ground. The main peak position among the three mountains had been destroyed in these ten hours.
During the fierce battle, the bottom was cut off by nearly one meter by Japanese artillery shells.
Due to terrain restrictions, the actual forces invested by both sides were at the battalion level. Even the Japanese army did not have more than two infantry brigades. However, after less than twelve hours of fierce fighting, the entire position was reduced to a
This appearance is enough to show the determination of the Japanese army and the fierceness of the concentrated artillery fire.
The troops at the foot of the mountain, under the continuous crazy attacks of the Japanese army, have all been forced to shrink to the ridgeline. In both directions, the Japanese army has also laid many nails in the forward positions. At this point in the battle, the troops he led
The battalion was strengthened, and one third of the casualties were already there.
Of course, the casualties of the Japanese army were even greater. In front of the entire position, there was a whole layer of corpses that the Japanese army had no time to recover. In front of the position, there were everywhere the groans of the wounded Japanese soldiers who had no time to evacuate. After ten hours of fierce fighting,
The Japanese army's first deployment of troops resulted in two-thirds casualties.
However, even though they suffered huge casualties, the Japanese army's investment in troops and firepower in this direction did not decrease significantly. After the fierce battle in the middle of the night, although both sides were quite exhausted, the Japanese army continued to attack
Continuous investment of troops.
In a fierce battle in the middle of the night, the main attacking Thirty-eighth Infantry Brigade was defeated. Among the four infantry squadrons invested, it could only be reduced to one infantry squadron after ten hours. The Thirty-Eighth Infantry Brigade, who was personally commanding the front line, was
The brigade captain, Kiyono Saburo, was also killed by an anti-alliance mortar during the battle.
All the squadron captains of the four squadrons participating in the battle were killed, and 70% of the officers were casualties. A considerable part of the infantry squad was basically wiped out. The first squadron participated in the battle, and only seven wounded were left in the end. This number of casualties
It has exceeded the number of casualties suffered by the Ninth Brigade in the entire Third Battle of Changsha.
Faced with the delay in making decisive progress and the huge casualties. Major General Ikegami Kenkichi was quite surprised by the fierce firepower and strong will of the fighting infantry, but he did not hesitate at all. He immediately
Two squadrons of the 40th Infantry Battalion were mobilized as the Japanese reserve force for the entire Kangbao battlefield to take over the offensive.
And the two squadrons of the brigade's engineering brigade were also invested in this direction. There was also a squadron of heavy baggage troops and assigned to the 48th brigade. In order to seize this commanding heights, Major General Ikegami Kenkichi can be said to have mobilized
All available forces.
After Major Saburo Kiyono died in battle, he immediately sent Lieutenant Colonel Katsuki Horuchi, captain of the 40th Brigade, to take over the command. Both the 38th Brigade and the 40th Brigade participated in the battle before they were 'mixed' into the 9th Brigade and transferred to the Koba Battlefield.
The basic troops that passed the Third Battle of Changsha.
With the Forty Infantry Brigade replacing the Thirty-eighth Infantry Brigade, Major General Ikegami Kenkichi is putting his money where his mouth is. There is no other way. If he wants to defend Kangbao City, the hilly area in the northeast must be recaptured. Otherwise, the Anti-Japanese Alliance will attack from a commanding height.
You can even reach his headquarters directly.
In order to shrink his troops and ensure the input of troops in the northern battlefield, he even reduced the defense on the southern line to the east twelve hectares, Haojia Village, and Guojiaying line. This is only a few kilometers away from Kangbao City. But Ikegami Kenji's move
But it is not a simple concession.
He used retreat to disperse the forces invested by the Anti-Alliance on the southern front. Although he shrank the southern defense line back a considerable distance, he left a large number of firepower points and troops behind the Anti-Alliance. This
In the same way, unless the resistance alliance on the southern front is willing to take the risk of being attacked from both sides, they can only disperse their forces and attack one by one.
Faced with this situation, Yang Jicai immediately put his last reserve force into the offensive on the southern front. However, the lack of troops had a fatal impact on this battle. Although he had tried his best to launch the offensive
, to cope with Su Yingqi's troops who were fighting hard on the northern front.
However, with limited troops, he was unable to attack until noon of the second day. He could only use part of his troops to contain them head-on, and mobilize some of his troops to turn around and clear out the nails deliberately left behind by the Japanese army. Otherwise,
Under the fire from the front and rear, it is difficult for the troops at the front to stay there.
As for Su Yingqi on the northern front, the only support he can do now is to "draw" a company from the front line and strengthen it for Su Yingqi. In order to prevent Su Yingqi, who has insufficient strength, from being under such a desperate Japanese offensive.
, the battle on the northern front was completely defeated.
After receiving a detailed report, Yang Jicai did not object to Su Yingqi's switch from offense to defense on the northern front. For him, he absolutely did not have the capital to kill the Japanese army in front of him. His original intention was also to adopt millstone tactics.
An offensive was launched at night to seize several key points, and by using defense instead of attack, the Japanese army's deep-seated troops were attracted bit by bit.
Taking advantage of his superiority in infantry firepower, he stood firm during the day and gradually consumed the effective strength of the Japanese army. However, he was originally prepared to bear the burden of the millstone himself. However, Su Yingqi seized a key point on the northern front and transferred the burden to
Carrying it on his back. Su Yingqi's adjustment of deployment was exactly in line with his tactics.
It's just that the current situation, although it is developing according to Yang Jicai's original expectation, but the current situation makes him really unable to be optimistic. The lack of troops means that he has no reserve team in hand. Although he used the main force of the Japanese army on the southern front, he was attracted by Su Yingqi.
opportunity, after fighting for most of the night, a considerable number of key points have been seized.
However, due to the lack of strength, the current attacking troops are no longer able to continue attacking forward. Unless the Japanese troops behind them consciously destroy the nails left behind when they shrink back, otherwise the troops have been used to their maximum strength.
, except for infiltration operations, it is no longer possible to 'draw' more than one platoon of troops to launch an attack.
The battle situation on the southern front does not worry him too much. What he is most worried about now is that the northern front is currently responsible for 60% of the Japanese troops and almost 90% of the artillery fire. The current strength of the southern front is
It has been used to the extreme, and there is really no way to 'deploy' more troops to the northern front.
When night fell again, faced with the stalemate battle situation and the increasing pressure on the northern front, Yang Jicai temporarily formed a platoon and transferred non-combatants such as grooms, guards, and clerks to the
After Su Yingqi on the northern front, there were really no troops left to mobilize.
After hesitating for a long time, Yang Jicai gave up on reporting directly to the headquarters and sent a telegram to Liu Changshun and Wang Minggui respectively. Although he had an urge to report directly to the headquarters, considering the strict discipline in the army, Yang Jicai finally