To be honest, not long after the Third Cavalry Brigade was sent to the west by tons of explosives, Colonel Matsuno O Katsuaki, captain of the 108th Regiment of the 104th Division, arrived in a truck. When he got off the car, he looked at the explosion scene in front of him.
It is impossible not to be frightened by the tragic sight of missing limbs and arms.
Although the 3rd Cavalry Brigade participating in the attack only had a few squadrons and was not its main force. [.Com text] But like this, without firing a single shot, the whole family was stewed. It really made the people who had already arrived...
The officers and soldiers of the 08th Regiment were a little frightened.
Although the retired veterans who formed the 108th Regiment were not as tough as those active Japanese soldiers in terms of fighting will, in addition to being far more brutal and prone to burning and killing, there is another point, which is their desire for revenge.
Extremely heavy, far heavier than active soldiers.
Seeing the extremely miserable death of his comrades, the 108th Regiment, who did not want to suffer the same treatment, did not hesitate at all. Under the command of Colonel Katsuaki Matsuno, and under the cover of the firepower of the regiment's artillery, they immediately launched an attack on the front line of Mengmenzuizi Mountain.
Attacked across the board.
It can be said that Matsuno Katsuaki invested a lot of money and invested a whole brigade of troops. The 75mm Type 41 mountain gun of the artillery squadron to which his regiment belongs, the Type 92 infantry gun to which the brigade belongs, as well as the
The shells fired by the specially strengthened independent mortar squadron exploded into pieces on Guanmenzuizi Mountain.
Although Guanmenzuizi Mountain has an important geographical location, it is stuck on the only way into the mountain from Xingshan Street to the core position of Xingshan Fortress. However, the overall mountain is not high and the slope is very gentle. But it is the entire Xingshan Fortress.
It is almost the only barrier in the south of the district.
As long as Guanmenzuizi Mountain is broken through, the most important core positions of the entire Xingshan Fortress, Position Mountain and Linden Tree Spring, will be completely exposed to the guns of the Japanese 108th Regiment.
Although the completed fortifications of Xingshan Fortress are extremely strong, the main firepower points that have been completed are pointed in the northeast direction. Most of the flank protection fortifications on its south side are still under construction and are far from completed.
Once the Guanmenzuizi Mountain front line is broken through, there will be almost no defenses on the southern flank, and even the mountain front line with insufficient defensive strength will be almost impossible to block the attack of a Japanese regiment. The Xingshan Fortress that has been captured will fall again.
possible in the hands of the Japanese army.
Wang Xiaoming, who knew the importance of the front line of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, did not dare to slack off in the face of the successive attacks by the Japanese army. The command troops stubbornly relied on the fortifications built by the Japanese army on the mountain to resist step by step. The cross firepower formed by their light and heavy machine guns would launch an attack.
The Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties.
But the Japanese army was like a non-stop tide. After the first wave of tide crashed hard on the embankment, the second wave, the third wave, and even more tides rushed towards the embankment desperately. Both sides
They all stared at each other with red eyes. They kept sending the bullets in the barrels of their guns and even the bayonets into the other's chest.
The Japanese army, almost going crazy, moved their mountain artillery onto the hill in front of Guanmenzuizi Mountain that had been used as a warning position by the 3rd Cavalry Brigade. As long as fire came out of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, they would attack it with precise direct fire.
Aim the artillery fire and hit it. The quality of the artillerymen is far inferior to that of Yang Zhen's men. They can be compared with the artillerymen who have only been trained for a few months.
The fortifications in Guanmenzuizi Mountain are generally one meter or even two meters thick. Most of the fortifications are located in semi-underground position mountains. Most of its fortifications are semi-field fortifications. The power of the 75mm mountain cannon is enough to cope with the fortifications.
Wang Xiaoming, who soon became unable to stay still, could only withdraw from these fortifications and use the communication trenches built by the Japanese army on the mountain as temporary bunkers.
Faced with waves of almost non-stop Japanese offensives, Wang Xiaoming, who was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength and suffered equally heavy casualties, could only stand on either side. The gun he was carrying had already been connected to a holster as a speed switch for the gun stock.
For the first time, he rushed to the front line.
Just after suppressing the Japanese fortifications again, Wang Xiaoming looked at the hands of the watch on his wrist and couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly. It was only after six o'clock in the evening, and the official battle had only lasted for more than four hours. The troops in his hands could no longer gather a single soldier.
The complete company and several improvised independent companies also suffered heavy casualties.
Looking at the fewer and fewer subordinates, Wang Xiaoming understood that if the fight continued like this, he would probably lose the remaining embers before reinforcements arrived. He called a company instructor over and ordered: "Bring a few soldiers with you.
We are looking for a few independent companies of prisoners of war to return to Xingshan Fortress, and we are looking for all the laborers who were prisoners of war. If we do not replenish our troops and continue to fight with these people, we will not be able to hold on for long."
The instructor was slightly startled when he heard Wang Xiaoming's explanation. Although these independent companies on the battlefield were also temporarily composed of prisoners of war among the laborers, they had also been familiar with them after midnight and half a day. This was a temporary arrest.
, is this combat capability feasible?
Wang Xiaoming put a new magazine into the speed machine that had already attached the holster to the gun handle and used it as a stock, and the bullets had been fired. In order to protect him, his guards had already charged into the battle in person. They had just fought with a group of
He died in a fierce battle with the Japanese troops on the edge of the position. He could only do things like pressing bullets by himself.
After replacing the empty magazine of the speed machine in his hand, Wang Xiaoming, who was changing the magazine of the submachine gun used by his guard, was now in his hands. When he saw that the instructor was still looking at him in a daze, he became very angry.
He kicked him and said angrily: "Why don't you go quickly? Do you really want to watch the troops being wiped out?"
The instructor who had received a kick did not dare to delay, so he grabbed two veterans and ran along the traffic trench, dodging the artillery shells coming from the opposite side from time to time, breaking through the Japanese artillery fire blockade, turning around and running towards the front line of the position mountain.
Looking at the backs of several of them, Wang Xiaoming raised his telescope and observed the Japanese troops on the opposite side who were gathering to prepare for another attack. Meng Ziming, the instructor of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment who was acting as battalion commander at this time because the commander of the 1st Battalion was seriously injured, said:
: "Ziming, have you ever calculated how many times we have repelled the Japanese attacks so far?"
Meng Ziming, who was loading bullets for a captured 38-meter rifle in his hand, heard Wang Xiaoming's question and immediately replied: "Political Commissar, we have repelled eleven Japanese charges since this afternoon. Damn it, today
This Japs really has some evil energy. We repulsed his charge, so he lay down on the mountainside and built a fortification with his own body to shoot at us."
Putting down the telescope in his hand and looking at the few remaining troops around him, Wang Xiaoming said to Meng Ziming: "Ziming, if we continue to fight like this, we may not be able to wait for the reinforcements to come up. Otherwise, we will all have to
Explain it here. How about it, are you afraid?"
Meng Ziming, who had finished pressing the bullet and was removing his bayonet and wiping it, was stunned when he heard Wang Xiaoming's question. He was silent for a moment and said: "Political Commissar, what is there to be afraid of? From the day you joined the Anti-Japanese Alliance, I
Just follow you. That battle over the years was not fought in blood, but in fire. When have I ever been afraid?"
"In the past, when we could only fire twenty rounds of ammunition in a battle, we were never afraid. Now that we have such good equipment, look at the portable machine guns we made ourselves. Oh, let’s call the commander a submachine gun. Each of us
Four hand grenades modified by my own arsenal. Each of the cadres above the platoon has a speed machine. In battle, each person has at least a hundred rounds of ammunition to use, how can he still be afraid?"
"Being a soldier is a bloody job. If you are afraid of death, why do you want to be a soldier? When you first joined the army to fight against the Japanese, you never planned to come back alive. When fighting against the Japanese, we have never been ambiguous about death.
Just die, no big deal."
Regarding Meng Ziming's answer, Wang Xiaoming just smiled but did not answer him. Instead, he raised his telescope and began to observe again. He did not stop the offensive because it was getting dark. At this time, he had already assembled and was ready to launch a new attack.
About a squadron of Japanese troops charged.
Observing that the Japanese army was preparing to launch another attack, Wang Xiaoming immediately issued an order: "Each company inspects ammunition and prepares to fight. All submachine gunners are in advance and are ready for hand-to-hand combat."
Seeing the Japanese troops rushing up again, Wang Xiaoming, who had been squeezed to the ridge of the mountaintop, knew that he could no longer retreat. If he retreated any further, Guanmenzuizi Mountain would be lost. Once Guanmenzuizi Mountain was lost, the positions behind him would also be lost.
We couldn't hold on anymore. What Wang Xiaoming looked forward to most now was not the reinforcements, but that the instructor he sent out to capture the soldiers could quickly bring the new soldiers over.
The Japanese army launching another new offensive this time seemed to have the idea of squeezing the defenders down even if they could not completely wipe out the defenders on the top of the mountain. After first burning the entire mountaintop with artillery fire and incendiary bombs,
There wasn't even a tentative attack. The offensive was very fierce as soon as it started. The flares seemed to be free of charge, and they were fired in a row.
Facing the fierce Japanese offensive, looking at the position around him that was blown into a sea of flames by Japanese incendiary bombs, Wang Xiaoming raised his hand and pointed the speed machine in his hand at the Japanese soldiers who were following the fire. After emptying the magazine, he grabbed a
He picked up a Type 38 rifle, fixed his bayonet, and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Comrades, rush up and get involved with the Japanese, and they will not dare to fight again."
After he took the lead and rushed out of the position that was already a sea of flames, the soldiers who heard his shouting either held up rifles with bayonets fixed, or held submachine guns flat, and faced the approaching Japanese troops.
The clash of bayonets and the groans of the wounded were mixed with the sound of submachine guns, and the crisp and even sweet sounds of short-range gunfire from fast and slow machines rang out on the top of Guanmenzuizi Mountain. At this time, both sides were using mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and mortars.
Cannons, grenades, and even light and heavy machine guns have lost their effect. It can only depend on who has more bayonets and who is skilled in stabbing.
Although the 104th Division is a special division of the Japanese army composed of re-recruited Japanese soldiers, its combat effectiveness is second-rate even among the Japanese army. However, its hand-to-hand combat capabilities are not much worse than those of the Japanese standing divisions.
The tactics of fighting with bayonets in hand are also unmatched by Wang Xiaoming's troops.
Seeing that the attacking troops that had rushed up the mountainside were already bayonets fixed with their opponents, the captain of the 108th Regiment, Matsuno Katsuaki, who had been observing the battle with a telescope, couldn't help but reveal a proud smile on his lips. Although his own regiment's combat effectiveness
He was only second rate among the entire Japanese army.
However, the 108th Regiment, which has also received strict hand-to-hand combat training, is definitely not comparable to the hand-to-hand tactics of this group of bandits in North Manchuria. This group of bandits fighting with their own men on the bayonet, isn't that like comparing a scorpion to a giant?
In terms of hand-to-hand tactics, one of my squadrons once defeated a battalion of the Central Army, the most elite of the entire China Army.
It's just that he thought wrong. In terms of hand-to-hand combat, even with a special division like the 104th Division composed of reserve officers and soldiers, Wang Xiaoming's men are indeed far from comparable. But Wang Xiaoming's men are equipped with two types of Japanese troops
There are no melee weapons, submachine guns and speed machines.
In order to avoid the Japanese army's absolute advantage in artillery fire and engage in close combat with the Japanese army as much as possible, Yang Zhen specially designed a tactic. When a close combat occurred, each company used submachine guns and speed machines as the core to form a long and short match with the rifle. Use
A tactical combination of using submachine guns to disperse the Japanese troops. In groups of two, bayonets were used to deal with the scattered Japanese troops.
When the Japanese army's hand-to-hand combat power is weak, its power in hand-to-hand combat is more reflected in its tactical combination. Once this combination is dispelled, its power is basically equal to nothing in the face of the large number of automatic weapons equipped by the opponent.
Seeing that his comrades were either being mowed down by the automatic weapons in the hands of their opponents, or they were stabbed by bayonets from both sides. In just half an hour of hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese army, which had already suffered two-thirds of its casualties, could not withstand it at first.
He didn't even bother to drag the corpse, so he retreated.
Even though he had a large number of automatic weapons such as submachine guns and speed machines in his hands, even though he had the advantage of being in a commanding position, and even though he had a local advantage in strength. But even so, this hand-to-hand battle brought nearly three points to Wang Xiaoming's remaining troops.
one of the casualties.
In other words, when the battle reached this point, Wang Xiaoming's battalion, plus all the forces of the temporarily formed independent companies, now only had one and a half companies left. All light and heavy machine guns had been lost.
Under the Japanese artillery and grenade launchers.
Seeing that they had almost achieved their goal, they were driven back by their opponents. Not only were they unable to make the final charge, but they were not even able to secure the mountainside they had already occupied. They were pushed down by their opponents to the foot of the mountain and then retreated back to their original starting position.
Colonel Matsuno O Katsaki's face turned blue.
After fighting for most of the afternoon, although Colonel Matsuno O Katsaki severely damaged the defenders and almost made the opponent lose their ability to resist. However, due to the stubborn resistance of the defenders, his own casualties were also heavy. Three of the 108th Regiment
Infantry brigade, one infantry brigade suffered 70% casualties and had lost its combat effectiveness. Another infantry brigade also suffered nearly half casualties.
If he hadn't had the advantage in terms of strength, Matsuno O Katsuaki, who had a somewhat prudent personality, had brought all three infantry brigades of the 108th Regiment. According to this number of casualties, the 108th Regiment would have been lost long ago.
Attack ability, be the first to be defeated.
Although he was under a lot of pressure from Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru's telegram asking about the situation almost half an hour ago, Colonel Matsuno O Katsaki gave up his revenge after being unable to attack for a long time. He accepted the persuasion of his subordinates and decided to
Let the troops who have been attacking all afternoon and are already empty in their stomachs rest for an hour. Eat something. After they have regained their energy, they can launch the attack again, trying to win the battle and drive the opponent off the mountain.
position.
What he didn't expect was that his order to rest for an hour allowed his opponent, who had almost been unable to bear it and suffered almost casualties, to breathe a sigh of relief. After Wang Xiaoming temporarily pulled the new soldiers into the position, Matsuno
Colonel and his 108th Regiment have lost all possibilities of taking Guanmenzuizi Mountain, the core position of Daoxingshan Fortress and the gateway to the position mountain.
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