Chapter five hundred and thirtieth IX Tongliao peripheral battle three
So this time, the Onimu Fifth Colonel did not dare to play any tricks. Even though he knew that it would be difficult to meet the division commander's request to regain the front line of Kongjiawo Fort in the shortest time, he still had to bite the bullet and command all the forces.
The mobilized troops adopted the tactics of advancing hand in hand and attacking on multiple fronts.
The starting point of Onimu May Day is the same as that of his division commander. It is to take advantage of the situation where the Anti-Japanese Alliance has just captured the front line of Kongjiawo Fort and has not yet had time to gain a foothold. Under the cover of rear artillery fire, in the shortest possible time
Recapture the front line of Kongjiawo Fort. For Onimu Wuyi, he had the idea in his heart that at least he would not let Lieutenant General Kawami use himself as the scapegoat for the entire Tongliao battlefield.
After last year's battle, the original ambitions have long since faded into embers. Now he only wants to survive in peace until he retires, or is transferred to the Kanai battlefield as a garrison captain. Onimu Goto Captain knows that to achieve this wish, the current
No matter whether you can get over this hurdle or not, you have to go through it bravely.
Opposite Onimu May 1st, Hai Jingqing, the current commander of the 54th Regiment of the 18th Division, who played a key role in last year's battle to annihilate the 15th Regiment of the 14th Division, faced last year's
Old enemies and rivals showed no fear or politeness at all. Regardless of the fierce Japanese artillery fire, they immediately commanded their troops to directly attack them.
Although he didn't know that the Japanese commander in front of him was his old enemy who slipped away from his old army during the battle to encircle and annihilate the 14th Division last year. But the decisive victory against the 14th Division last year made Hai Jingqing
When facing the defeated generals in front of him, he had an innate advantage mentally.
However, this time in the face of the ferocious counterattack of the 14th Division, which used almost all its resources, in addition to the regimental-level mortars providing fire cover and some 107 rocket launchers implementing deep and long-range interception, the artillery of the 18th Division behind them
The regiment's mountain artillery was always extremely silent. From the time the Japanese counterattack started until the end of the battle, almost no shots were fired.
In fact, Hai Jingqing, as the commander of the main force of the 18th Division on the Tongliao battlefield, had long known that the few artillery shells currently in the hands of the artillery had already been consumed when covering his capture of Qianjiadian and Kongjiawo Fort.
A large part. In addition to the part allocated to the Third Division to supplement the artillery shells it had previously consumed on the Bayantala front line, even the 18th Division that later participated in the war had very few artillery shells left.
Long before they captured Kongjiawo Fort, division commander Wang Jun told him personally when deploying the mission. Kongjiawo Fort was the gateway to the entire eastern part of Tongliao County. After capturing Kongjiawo Fort, the Japanese army was bound to send out heavy troops to counterattack.
But now there are not many artillery shells left after being consumed in the previous stage.
The division can only guarantee him fire support in the battle to seize Kongjiawo Fort, but in the face of the Japanese counterattack, the artillery support the division can provide will be quite limited. As the division commander, he can only provide him with some rocket launchers. In his opinion,
Intercept and shoot when necessary.
As for the rest of the time, I'm afraid the division won't be able to provide much fire support. Because the troops have to capture Tongliao County next, all the artillery shells on hand cannot be consumed here. However, the division has requested Commander Chen to fight at Kongjiawo Fort.
During this period, the direct artillery units that had arrived on the other side of the Xiliao River in the north of Tongliao were mobilized as much as possible to provide fire support.
However, before the battle started, considering that the Japanese army's possible counterattack would be extremely fierce, Wang Jun still spent all his money to supplement the 54th Regiment with 120 mm and 200 82 mm mortar shells.
One hundred and fifty rounds each of 60 mortar shells and 57 recoilless artillery shells, as well as some 14mm and 12mm anti-aircraft machine gun ammunition.
The ammunition transferred by Wang Jun is already the last reserve of mortars of the same caliber in the 18th Division. Before receiving a large amount of supplies from the rear, even if all his shells are used up, the division behind him will no longer be able to give him
To replenish even one artillery shell, the artillery force directly under the headquarters also transferred most of the artillery shells to the battlefield in northern Tongliao.
Although he received limited fire support, given Hai Jingqing's usual character of becoming more courageous with every setback and getting stronger when encountering a strong force, this was actually not a big deal. For him, it was not a big deal for him to eliminate one more enemy here.
, the next stage of the attack on Tongliao County will have one less defender. The Japanese army will pay an extra price on the front line of Kongjiawo Fort, and in the next stage of attacking Tongliao County, the troops will have to pay one less sacrifice.
However, the artillery support that the division can provide is limited, but for the 54th Regiment, the firepower is actually not too thin. In addition to its own equipment of various caliber mortars and recoilless rifles, the division commander heard that before departure
After specifically telling him Commander Chen's criticism of the Third Division, he became more thoughtful when seizing the front line of Kongjiawo Fort.
Although the two 77 field guns and the Type 94 rapid-fire cannon were blown up by the Japanese army in the end. However, he captured the 92 Infantry Cannon, one 57mm Gruson Mountain Cannon, and the Liao 14 Type Infantry Cannon.
Three flat-fire cannons and Type 97 automatic cannons. Although the ammunition captured for the light and heavy machine guns was not too much, the number was as high as more than ten.
In addition to his regiment's 14mm anti-aircraft machine gun, battalion's 12mm machine gun, company's general machine gun and the same automatic rifles throughout the regiment. Although the artillery support he can get is limited, his infantry firepower is
It is far more powerful than fighting back against the Japanese army.
In addition, although the two permanent fortification groups on the front line of Kongjiawo Fort were bombed, half of the semi-permanent fortification groups fell completely after the defenders inside were burned to a crisp by flamethrowers.
In his hands, the Japanese corpses were dragged out, and these semi-permanent fortifications were ready-made defenses.
When the Japanese army built these permanent and semi-permanent fortification groups, they considered the situation of being breached behind them. Therefore, on the Tongliao battlefield, all Japanese fortification groups can shoot in a 360-degree circle. This is also
One of the reasons why the Battle of Bayantala was so difficult to fight. As a result, now, it has become a ready-made field fortification that Hai Jingqing can use.
These semi-permanent fortification groups that can be fired at 360 degrees, as well as the original trenches and communication trenches built by the Japanese army, can form a complete defense system without even having to go out to build it. In addition, he has an absolute advantage in infantry
In terms of firepower, he really doesn't have anything to fear.
In order to recapture Kongjiawo Fort, the eastern gateway to Tongliao County, in the shortest possible time, Lieutenant General Chuan Bingmi spent a lot of money. Not only did he mobilize nearly half of the Tongliao garrison, he also put all the artillery assets on the line.
Come out. Use all available artillery fire to cover Onimu Wuyi's counterattack.
The more than 800 expatriates under the age of 45 who were able to fight with guns in the city were all armed with the Liao 13 rifles in stock, and strengthened to the counterattack force commanded by Onimu Mayi. They even did not belong to the 14th Division.
He commanded the Japanese Tongliao Military Police, which was under the direct jurisdiction of the Kwantung Army Military Police Headquarters, and was also brought to the battlefield to be used as a field supervisory team.
In order to cover Onimu Mayi's counterattack, Lieutenant General Kawaami Mi spent a lot of money. In just one hour after the Japanese army launched the counterattack, Hai Jingqing's blocking position dropped seven or eight artillery shells of various calibers.
Hundreds of rounds. Among them, only the 150mm heavy artillery shells amounted to more than a hundred rounds.
According to the number of artillery deployed by the Japanese army in Tongliao County, this firepower density is unprecedented. Its firepower intensity is almost more than double that of Bayantala before. In other words, during this period, the Japanese army concentrated almost the entire Tongliao County.
All artillery provided fire support for the counterattack on the front line of Kongjiawo Fort.
However, despite the extremely fierce covering artillery fire, the Japanese offensive was almost unable to reach the 100-meter full-speed attack launch distance in the face of the intensive infantry firepower of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. According to the Japanese army's tactical habits, its attack formation was deployed, especially the infantry support firepower was all
The expanded distance of 200 meters was like a wall of life and death for the Japanese army. No matter how much they paid, they could not break through to within 200 meters.
Hai Jingqing combined the various weapons at hand into a tight fire echelon according to the range. The sixty-mm mortars and snipers were specially designed to deal with the Japanese grenade that was the greatest threat to machine guns. The 12-mm
The anti-aircraft machine guns and regimental 14mm anti-aircraft machine guns were unified and organized specifically to suppress the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns.
As for the Japanese light machine guns, when they were close, they were suppressed by general-purpose machine guns. A grenade fired by a 57mm recoilless rifle from afar sent all the people and guns directly to the west. To deal with the infantry, automatic rifles and squads were used.
Using machine guns, a dense fire net was weaved at a distance of 200 meters. Although the time was very tight, Hai Jingqing still completed the point-and-area firepower formation in the shortest time.
In order to reduce the firepower threat and damage of the Japanese artillery as much as possible, Hai Jingqing strictly required the frontline troops that the Japanese attacking infantry must not fire at a distance of less than 200 meters. The general-purpose machine gun must immediately move its position after firing a bullet chain.
, to prevent Japanese artillery fire coverage.
The two anti-aircraft machine guns deployed in depth and used for long-range fire suppression were directly equipped by him into the remaining semi-permanent fortifications of the Japanese army. They were composed of two 12mm machine guns and a 60 mortar.
The mobile firepower team was designed to deal with the Japanese light and heavy machine gun teams that slipped through the enemy's forces.
The 82 mortars belonging to his battalion were used to keep a close eye on the Japanese infantry artillery. Hai Jingqing had only one request for them. As long as the two infantry artillery pieces of the Japanese army that were the greatest threat to machine guns appeared, they must do it.
In short, they must not be allowed to shoot down a machine gun to ensure that the forward position has sufficient firepower.
As for the regiment's most powerful 120mm mortar, he used it to suppress the Japanese army's deep attack starting positions and troop assembly points. Of course, if he could find the opponent's command post, he would not mind if the command post could be concentrated.
Heavy mortars fired a salvo.
The 120mm mortar currently used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance is an improvement on the imported Soviet M1938 heavy mortar. It is 101% lighter than the same type of Soviet artillery.
kilogram, but the range has been increased to 6,500 meters. And the types of ammunition it fires are several more types than the Soviet prototype cannon.
The total weight of this kind is only 174 kilograms, which is nearly half the weight of the 92 Infantry Cannon, but its range is a full four thousand meters. This 120 mm heavy mortar can even
It has a range of 200 meters longer than the Japanese Type 41 mountain gun, but is only a fraction of the weight.
It was extremely popular after it was equipped with troops. With its large range, moderate weight, and relatively good power and accuracy, it quickly eliminated the 92 infantry gun that was originally a regiment-level artillery. It has the same caliber as the Soviet-made heavy mortar.
The artillery became the leading artillery piece at the Anti-League level.
General Hai Jingqing's regiment has a 120mm heavy mortar, which is used as a covering firepower for the gathering place and starting point of the Japanese counterattack forces. This artillery has enough range and power to bear such a heavy burden, let alone suppressing the Japanese troops.
At the assembly area, even if they were to fight against the Japanese standard regimental artillery 41-type mountain artillery, they would definitely not lose.